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Thread: I need an advice

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    Default I need an advice

    Hi everybody ,
    can you guide me please what am i missing?
    so i create a class called Lecturer ,this is part of the code(of the class)
    private String name;
    	private int numOfTimesPenFalls;
    	private String favoriteIceCream;
     
    	public Lecturer(String name,int NumOfTimesPenFalls,String FavoriteIceCream){
    		this.name=name;
    		setNumOfTimesPenFalls(numOfTimesPenFalls);
    		setFavoriteIceCream(favoriteIceCream);}
     
    public String toString(){
    		return "Name: "+name+" number of times pen falls: "+numOfTimesPenFalls+" Favorite iceCream: "+favoriteIceCream;}

    and in the class i also create set's and get's methods for penFalls and IceCream..

    in the main i create an object = Lecturer lec1=new Lecturer("John",4,"Vanila");
    and then i check if toString method word correct = System.out.println(lec1.toString());

    and here is my problem ,the output is: Name: John number of times pen falls: 0 Favorite iceCream: null

    My Question is why :number of times pen falls is '0' and not 4 ? and wht iceCream is 'null'.
    what did i do wrong/miss?


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    Default Re: I need an advice

    what did i do wrong/miss?
    0 and null look like the default values for the variables. Make sure the constructor is setting the values of the variables that are being used by the toString() method.
    The set methods aren't posted so I can't see what they are doing. The name variable is getting the value: "John" ok.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Norm View Post
    0 and null look like the default values for the variables. Make sure the constructor is setting the values of the variables that are being used by the toString() method.
    The set methods aren't posted so I can't see what they are doing. The name variable is getting the value: "John" ok.
    Thanks Norm i just mistaken by the value .didnt see it
    This tread can be close thank you very much

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