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Java Java Objects Creating the MVP Current Progress

Andrew Chang
Andrew Chang
2,618 Points

What's wrong with my code? It won't compile.

Hangman.java:7: error: cannot find symbol
prompter.displayProgress();
^
symbol: method displayProgress()
location: variable prompter of type Prompter
Hangman.java:14: error: cannot find symbol
prompter.displayProgress();
^
symbol: method displayProgress()
location: variable prompter of type Prompter
2 errors

Linda de Haan
Linda de Haan
12,413 Points

Could you add your code? Without it we can't really help you.

Andrew Chang
Andrew Chang
2,618 Points
import java.util.Scanner;

class Prompter{
  private Game game;

  public Prompter(Game game){
  this.game = game;
  }

  public boolean promptForGuess(){
    Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
    System.out.print("Enter a letter:   ");
    String guessInput = scanner.nextLine();
    char guess = guessInput.charAt(0);
    return game.applyGuess(guess);
  }

  public void dispalyProgress(){
    System.out.printf("You have %d tries left to solve:   %s%n",
                      game.getRemainingTries(),
                      game.getCurrentProgress()); 
                      }


}
public class Hangman{

  public static void main(String[] args){

    Game game = new Game("treehouse");
    Prompter prompter = new Prompter(game);
    prompter.displayProgress();
    boolean isHit = prompter.promptForGuess();
    if(isHit){
      System.out.println("We got a hit!!!");
    } else {
      System.out.println("Ooopppsss!!!");
    }
    prompter.displayProgress();
  }
}
class Game{
  public static final int MAX_MISSES = 7;
  private String answer;
  private String hits;
  private String misses;


  public Game(String answer){
    this.answer = answer;
    hits = "";
    misses = "";  
  }

  public boolean applyGuess(char letter){
    boolean isHit = answer.indexOf(letter) != -1;
    if (isHit){
      hits += letter;
    } else{
      misses += letter; 
    }
    return isHit;
  }

  public int getRemainingTries() {
    return MAX_MISSES - misses.length();

  public String getCurrentProgress() {
    String progress = "";
    for(char letter : answer.toCharArray()) {
      char display = '-';
      if(hits.indexOf(letter) != -1){
        display = letter;
      }
      progress += display;
    }
    return progress;
  }
}

1 Answer

You misspelled displayProgress in the Prompter class as dispalyProgress