package Exercise06_LongestInCollection;
import java.util.ArrayList;
public class SimpleCollection {
private String name;
private ArrayList<String> elements;
public SimpleCollection(String name) {
this.name = name;
this.elements = new ArrayList<>();
}
public void add(String element) {
this.elements.add(element);
}
public ArrayList<String> getElements() {
return this.elements;
}
public String longest() {
if(this.elements.isEmpty()) {
return null;
}
String returnObject = this.name;
for (String name : this.elements) {
if (returnObject.length() < name.length()) {
returnObject = name;
}
}
return returnObject;
}
}
``` and im talking about the longest method it kinda works but it responds with the simplecollection name#I need to exclude the arraylists name from this:
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<@&987246399047479336> please have a look, thanks.
viral heathBOT
<@&987246399047479336> please have a look, thanks.
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tion {
private ArrayList<String> names;
public SimpleCollection() {
names = new ArrayList<>();
}
public void addName(String name) {
names.add(name);
}
public void removeName(String name) {
names.remove(name);
}
public boolean containsName(String name) {
return names.contains(name);
}
public int getSize() {
return names.size();
}
}
To exclude the arraylist's name from the code, you can change the variable declaration and method signatures to use a more generic type, such as `List<String>` instead of `ArrayList<String>`. Here's the modified code:
```java
package Exercise06_LongestInCollection;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.ArrayList;
public class SimpleCollection {
private List<String> collection;
public SimpleCollection() {
collection = new ArrayList<>();
}
public void addElement(String element) {
collection.add(element);
}
public void removeElement(String element) {
collection.remove(element);
}
public boolean containsElement(String element) {
return collection.contains(element);
}
public int getSize() {
return collection.size();
}
}
In this modified code, the arraylist's name "names" has been replaced with a more generic name "collection". The variable declaration and method signatures now use List<String> instead of ArrayList<String>.
stray arrow
package Exercise06_LongestInCollection;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// Try out your class here
SimpleCollection c = new SimpleCollection("characters");
System.out.println("Pisin: " + c.longest());
c.add("magneto");
c.add("mystique");
c.add("phoenix");
System.out.println("Longest: " + c.longest());
}
}
``` this is the main code
quartz spindle
ur titles lead to people skipping ur threads btw
quartz spindle
better 🙂
stray arrow
well you didnt skip xD
is the AI's way the only way?
idk it sounded right when I wrote it now it makes no sense lmao and what you mean with the longest() method before the for loop?
oh the returnObject saves the longest name
I cant overwrite this.name or can I?
the name with the most characters
well you could say I want to return the longest name
(also PING ME PLS thanks)
stray arrow
(also PING ME PLS thanks)
(dont take that as an insult)
so I just have to switch the < to > right?
oh I get what you want
hold on
public String longest() {
if(this.elements.isEmpty()) {
return null;
}
for (String name : this.elements) {
if (this.name.length() > name.length()) {
String returnObject = name;
}
}
return ;
}
``` did you want that? but now I cant return returnObject
vital lava
```java
package Exercise06_LongestInCollection;
import java.util.ArrayList;
pu...
Why are you returning null if elements is empty ? name doesn't count?
stray arrow
Why are you returning null if elements is empty ? name doesn't count?
the exercise wants that
public String longest() {
if(this.elements.isEmpty()) {
return null;
}
String returnObject;
for (String name : this.elements) {
if (this.name.length() > name.length()) {
returnObject = name;
}
}
return ;
}
``` so you mean like this?ok now its an error when I run the code because it says returnObject is not initialized
so I guess you dont want me to return it but to compare it to something
so do I give returnObject the first index of elements?
give me a hint
I have no idea
I have lunch now so I will think about it during lunch
stray arrow
well then I was right with taking an Index
yeah thats what I meant
public String longest() {
if(this.elements.isEmpty()) {
return null;
}
String returnObject = this.elements.get(0);
for (String name : this.elements) {
if (returnObject.length() < name.length()) {
returnObject = name;
}
}
return returnObject;
}
}
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stray arrow
it takes the element thats at index 0
if the list isnt empty there will be 100% something there
stray arrow
so do I give returnObject the first index of elements?
yeah thats what I meant with this
maybe you didnt exactly know what I meant
pastel adder
why u are making ur code complicated
in the main method , u will take one name with the help of constructor , and the put it in that name in that variable , and then u will put that name in the list , and then u will call longest() , method to exrtact what ?
i wan to know what exactly u want to do in this ciode ?\
