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when trying to compile i get the error <identifier> expected where shown
i have no idea whats causing this .. please help
 
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Hi Ella,


This method does not exist in the Player class. There is only the method

which accepts a String as arguement.
However, I do not see the need for the arguement in a getter method.
I suggest to have the following method in Player:


Cheers,
Michael
 
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Yes exactly. When you are using a getter method, you have to specify a return type in that method. that is how you will "get" any value right?

like micheal said, change the getter method to String getName(), return a string value from this. It could be like:

String getName()
{
String n = Keyboard.readString();
return n;
}

In your main method get the value by:
p1.name = p1.getName();
p2.name = p2.getName();

 
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Remove the } in line 19.
 
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That is not how you implement a getXXX method. If there is a name field, you return that. That method gets a String from the keyboard, which is something totally different, and is probably best done by a utility class. You should really set the name in the constructor; that way you won’t have a nameless player.
 
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Campbell Ritchie wrote:

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That is not how you implement a getXXX method. If there is a name field, you return that. That method gets a String from the keyboard, which is something totally different, and is probably best done by a utility class. You should really set the name in the constructor; that way you won’t have a nameless player.



Yes i know that using the constuctor to set the name SHOULD be used. But according to the code i saw, i replied. And i usually have used getter methods with a return type, returning a value and hence replied. But got your point. Thanks
 
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Ella Lautier wrote:when trying to compile i get the error <identifier> expected where shown
i have no idea whats causing this .. please help


the compiler errors are actually VERY helpful in finding problems. They give you a VERY good idea where the problem is. That is why we ask that when you ask about compiler errors, you post the full, complete text of the error. With it, people can easily look at your code to diagnose the problem. Without it, we have to either go through your code line by line and guess where the problem is, or cut-and-past it into files and try compiling it ourselves.
 
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GetXXX() methods usually return a value. Full stop. They don’t take any parameters (except possibily in strange classes like this one, but nobody likes that class), don’t read from the keyboard or anything. Like this:
 
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