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    Default issue with return values stuck at 0

    I'm writing this program that is a drivers license test . the main method allows the user to input 20 answers and it creates an array of those answers then it is suppose to make that a new instance of a class that checks the array of the users answers against an array of the correct answers and return true or false to tell if the user passed then I need a method to return the number of correct answers and a method to return the number of incorrect answers. My issue is that my methods for correct and incorrect are always returning 0 and the Boolean method I always false. Thanks

    public class DriverExam2
       {
          private String[] correctAnswers={"b","d","a","a","c","a","b","a","c","d","b","c","d","a","d","c","c","b","d","a"};
          private String[] userAnswers=new String[20];
          boolean passed;
          int numberCorrect;
          int numberIncorrect;
     
          //constructer to set userAnswers
          public DriverExam2(String[] entered)
          { userAnswers=entered;
          }
     
          //accessor method to return userAnswers
          public String[] getUserAnswers()
          {
             return userAnswers;
          }
     
          //mutator method to assign count and pass fail
          public void setInfo()
          {
             boolean pass=false;
             int correctCount=0;
             int incorrectCount=0;
             for(int i=0;i<userAnswers.length;i++)
             {
                if(userAnswers[i].equals(correctAnswers[i]))
                {
                   correctCount++;
                }
                else
                {
                   incorrectCount++;
                }
             }
     
             if(correctCount>14)
             {pass=true;}
             passed=pass;
             numberCorrect=correctCount;
             numberIncorrect=incorrectCount;
          }
     
             //accessor methods to return if you passed,the correct count, and the incorrect count.
          public boolean getPassFail()
          {
             return passed;
          }
     
          public int getTotalCorrect()
          {
             return numberCorrect;
          }
     
          public int getTotalIncorrect()
          {
             return numberIncorrect;
          }
     
       }


       import java.util.Scanner;
       public class DriverExamDemo2
       {
          public static void main(String[] args)
          {
             String[] userAnswers=new String[20];
             String answer;
     
             System.out.println("please enter the testee's answers as the correspond with the question number");
     
             for(int i=0;i<userAnswers.length;i++)
             {
                Scanner input=new Scanner(System.in);
                System.out.println("Q."+(i+1));
                answer=input.next();
                userAnswers[i]=answer;
             }
          // constructor to send the users answers
             DriverExam2 exam1 = new DriverExam2(userAnswers);
     
          //call the accessor methods for total correct total incorrect and 
             System.out.println("the number of questions you answered correctly was "+exam1.getTotalCorrect());
             System.out.println("the number of questions you answered incorrectly was "+exam1.getTotalIncorrect());
     
          //get the boolean return from pass fail method and print out accordingly to wether it is true or false
             if(exam1.getPassFail())
                System.out.println("you passed your driving exam");
             else
                System.out.println("you failed your driving exam");
     
     
     
          }
       }


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    Default Re: issue with return values stuck at 0

    Boolean method I always false. T
    What is the name of the method that always returns false?


    Make sure there are no local variables that hide class variables.
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    Default Re: issue with return values stuck at 0

    It was the getPassFail method but I figured it out I forgot to call the Exam1.setInfo() method in the main method so the variables I was trying to return were never set. Thanks

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