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Posted by Charles Hill
Charles Hill
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Simple Refactoring

Hi. for Learning the Language > Simple Refactoring

In CrystallBall.java how do i fix illegal modifier on mAnswers

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1 Answer

Ben Jakuben
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Ben Jakuben
Treehouse Teacher
Ben Jakuben
Ben Jakuben
Treehouse Teacher

Hi Charles,

Just remove public from the line where the error is. We can only use keywords like public, private, and protected for variables we declare at the class level (like private CrystalBall mCrystalBall in your MainActivity class). Variables we declare inside methods don't need any declarations like that because they only "live" inside their method. Their scope is constrained to that method, so they could never be public to any other code outside the method.

Hope this makes sense! Happy coding!