why isnt this working... it makes sense right? yes, no, maybe... what am i doing wrong?

Question

public class Tweet {
    final static public int MAX_CHARS=140;
  private String text;
  public int getRemainingCharacterCount(){
    int remainingchars=MAX_CHARS-text.length();
while(remainingchars<= MAX_CHARS){
  //System.out.printf("You have %d character left",remainingchars);

}
return remainingchars;
  }
  public Tweet(String text) {
    this.text = text;
  }
  public String getText() {
    return text;
  }
  public void setText(String text) {
    this.text = text;
  }
}

Thandolwethu Bhebhe · Answer

Thanks Ruslan

Ruslans Melniks · Answer

Hey there
Your getRemainingCharacterCount method should like something like this:
public int getRemainingCharacterCount(){
        return MAX_CHARS - text.length();
}
This will give you a pass on the challenge. 
Just FYI:
The while statement that you have, it has to go in the .class that contains a main method (which runs a program) and it this case it would look something like this:
(let's assume you've created a new "Tweet" object in a class that contains the main method Tweet tweet = new Tweet("tweet text goes here"); )
then, somewhere underneath it you should call a while loop like:
while(tweet.getRemainingCharacterCount<= MAX_CHARS){
            System.out.println("You have %d character left", tweet.getRemainingCharacterCount);
        }
I hope this makes some sense... Good luck with studies!

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why isnt this working... it makes sense right? yes, no, maybe... what am i doing wrong?

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