trying to understand the question so i can figure out the answer. Just not sure. don't need to use .this because its all public. Kinda lost here.

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Really lost in this assignment. I am a big guesser. So i just keep typing code till something sticks. This is not good. Not sure how to assign and what i am assigning anything to. I tried going back to the beginning lessons and try starting all over, but for some reason once you complete a task, it says already verified, so i can't even check another solution to the code i right. Right now not even sure what to ask. package en.codegym.task.jdk13.task04.task0407; /* Count the number of cats */ public class Solution { public static void main(String[] args) { Cat cat1 = new Cat(); //write your code here //cat1 = 5; Cat.cat1 = Cat.count; Cat cat2 = new Cat(); //write your code here //cat2 = 2; Cat.cat2 = Cat.count; System.out.println("The cat count is " + Cat.count); } public static class Cat { public static int count = 0; } }

Write a code that correctly counts the number of created cats (count) and correctly displays the count on the screen.

Requirements:

The program should display text on the screen.
Don't change the line responsible for screen output.
The Cat class must have only one count variable.
The Cat class's variable count must have the public modifier, be an int, be static, and be initialized to zero.
The main method should have only two initialized Cat variables.
The variable count must store the actual number of cat objects created.

package en.codegym.task.jdk13.task04.task0407; /* Count the number of cats */ public class Solution { public static void main(String[] args) { Cat cat1 = new Cat(); //write your code here Cat.cat1 = Cat.count; Cat cat2 = new Cat(); //write your code here Cat.cat2 = Cat.count; System.out.println("The cat count is " + Cat.count); } public static class Cat { public static int count = 0; } }

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Guadalupe Gagnon

Level 37 , Tampa, United States

1 May 2023, 21:26

Technology is always changing. Just when you figure out one thing a new thing comes along and you have to learn from the start all over again. Half the career of programming feels like you are guessing the solution and then seeing if you are correct (it may be like 3% of the time in reality, but it feels like half). In this regard you sound like you are well on your way to becoming a professional programmer. So, for this task: I think you are over thinking the problem. If you reset the code and inspect it before solving it you will see the starting code includes 2 cat objects being declared and initialized and then an output line that will output a String and the variable Cat.count:

Cat cat1 = new Cat();
//write your code here

Cat cat2 = new Cat();
//write your code here

System.out.println("The cat count is " + Cat.count);

This is valid code and if you run it at this point you will get the output: The cat count is 0 The task want you to write code so that the output is: The cat count is 2 This would mean that you simply have to code in to change the value of Cat.count from 0 to 2.