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Java

James Mackey
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James Mackey
Courses Plus Student 994 Points

public boolean applyGuess(String Letters) { if(letters.length() == 0) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("

./Game.java:28: error: cannot find symbol
return applyGuess(letters.charAt(0));
^
symbol: variable letters
location: class Game

2 Answers

Cindy Lea
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Cindy Lea
Courses Plus Student 6,497 Points

Without seeing the code. my guess is you either have a type or forgot to declare something before using.

This could be one issue.

public boolean applyGuess(String Letters)  // You are capitalizing Letters but calling it  letters (lowercase)