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Thread: Problem creating a new object

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    Default Problem creating a new object

    Help! Cannot figure out what is wrong with my code.
    <ExamDemo.java:25: cannot find symbol
    symbol  : constructor DriverExam(java.lang.String[])
    location: class DriverExam
    DriverExam exam = new DriverExam(answers);
                      ^
    1 error>

    < import java.util.Scanner;
    // Input Validation:
       public class ExamDemo
       {
          public static void main(String[] args)
          {
             System.out.println("    Driver's Liscense Exam     ");
             Scanner kb = new Scanner(System.in);
     
             System.out.println(" 20 multiple choise questions Mark A,B,C,D ");
          // Inputting string
             String[] answers = new String[20];
             String answer;
             for (int i = 0; i < 20; i++)
             {
                do
                {
                   System.out.print((i + 1) + ": ");
                   answer = kb.nextLine();
                }
                while (!isValidAnswer(answer));
                answers[i] = answer;
             }
          // Process
             DriverExam exam = new DriverExam(answers);
          // Result
             System.out.println("        Results       ");
          // outputting Total correct
             System.out.println("Total Correct: " + exam.totalCorrect());
          // outputting Total incorrect
             System.out.println("Total Incorrect: " + exam.totalIncorrect());
             String passed = exam.passed() ? "YES" : "NO";
          //result pass or fail
             System.out.println("Passed: " + passed);
             if (exam.totalIncorrect() > 0)
             {
                System.out.println("The incorrect answers are:");
                int missedIndex;
                for (int i = 0; i < exam.totalIncorrect(); i++)
                {
                   missedIndex = exam.questionsMissed()[i] + 1;
                   System.out.print(" " + missedIndex);
                }
             }
          }
          public static boolean isValidAnswer (String answer)
          {
             return "A".equalsIgnoreCase(answer) || "B".equalsIgnoreCase(answer) || "C".equalsIgnoreCase(answer) || "D".equalsIgnoreCase(answer) ;
          }
       }>
    <   import java.util.Scanner;
     
       class DriverExam
       {
       //an array of student's answers.
          private char[] correctAnswers = {
             'B','D','A','A','A','C','A','B','A','C','D','B','C','D','A','D','C','C','B','D','A'};
       // Store the user answers.
          private char[] studentAnswers;
          int[] missed = new int[correctAnswers.length];
       //Process the user answers
          public DriverExam (char[] Answers)
          {
             studentAnswers = new char[Answers.length];
             for (int i = 0; i < Answers.length; i++)
             {
                studentAnswers[i] = Answers[i];
             }
          }
       //returns boolean value if correct answers > 15
          public boolean passed()
          {
             if(totalCorrect() >= 15)
                return true;
             else
                return false;
          }
       //totalCorrect answers
          public int totalCorrect()
          {
             int correctCount = 0;
             for (int i = 0; i < correctAnswers.length; i++)
             {
                if (studentAnswers[i] == (correctAnswers[i]))
                {
                   correctCount++;
                }
             }
             return correctCount;
          }
       // totalIncorrect answered.
          public int totalIncorrect()
          {
             int incorrectCount = 0;
             for (int i = 0; i < correctAnswers.length; i++)
             {
                if (studentAnswers[i] != (correctAnswers[i]))
                {
                   missed[incorrectCount] = i;
                   incorrectCount++;
                }
             }
             return incorrectCount;
          }
       //Missed questions.
          public int[] questionsMissed()
          {
             return missed;
          }
       }
    //end driver exam class
    >

    Also, keep getting java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 20 in my interactions tab when trying to pass e.passed()
    Last edited by smithmar; April 18th, 2012 at 01:19 AM.


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    Default Re: Problem creating a new object

    Hello smithmar!
    I haven't tested your code but i think the error occurs because the DriverExam constructor you have needs a char array as an argument and in your ExamDemo class when you try to create a new instance of DriverExam you pass it a String array (answers).

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