Adding to a function

[crisp rivet]

The photo attached I hope shows enough of the code. I need to add an ID to the already coded print statement using a new function with the same name. I am unsure why it does not work correctly and am looking for guidance.

I.e
petName = fluffy
petAge = 5
petID = 1234

printAll() should print:
Fluffy, Age: 5, ID: 1234

[rotund wagon]

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[atomic cargo]

we need to actually, yknow, see your code

to help you

[rotund wagon]

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Apr 13, 2023, 6:59 PM

[atomic cargo]

nvm we dont have an image of code tag

[crisp rivet]

Apologies I should have tagged it

[atomic cargo]

not that kind of tag

[steep stag]

```java
code here
```

[atomic cargo]

anyways @crisp rivet can you post the code you already have here

or at least give us a clearer screenshot of it

[crisp rivet]

Yeah sure lemme try here

So I can only edit between lines 32 and 35, I can add more lines in there but I cannot touch outside of that range. In photo 1 you can see what I've written, in photo 2 you can see the base printAll() and see the class PetData extends AnimalData (PetData is where my written printAll() is) and in the 3rd photo you'll see where the method printAll() is being called.

This is through zybook and its like an interactive textbook for learning java

[atomic cargo]

are you aware of the super keyword

it's basically the instance of the class above you, hierarchy wise

eg super.printAll() will invoke the parent's printAll() method

you can just invoke that from the PetData printAll method, then print the next data segment out

[crisp rivet]

Yes, I was unaware I could do that in this method. We have only used it at the start of our classes

[atomic cargo]

public void printAll() {
  super.printAll(); // prints Name: xxx, Age: yyy and does not end the line
  System.out.print(", ID: "+idNum); // prints , ID: zzz, resulting in "Name: xxx, Age: yyy, ID: zzz"
}

[crisp rivet]

I see thank you

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[crisp rivet]

I didn't realize you could do that