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Posted August 19, 2015 6:58pm by

please help me finish this challenge!

can someone please just help me finish this? I don't want any hints or anything I just want the answer so I can FINALLY finish this course please

com/teamtreehouse/Main.java

package com.teamtreehouse;

import java.io.BufferedReader;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;

public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        String story = "Thanks __name__ for helping me out.  You are really a __adjective__ __noun__ and I owe you a __noun__.";
        Template tmpl = new Template(story);
        Prompter prompter = new Prompter();
        prompter.run(tmpl);
    }
}

com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java

package com.teamtreehouse;

import java.io.*;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;


public class Prompter {
    private BufferedReader mReader;
    private Set<String> mCensoredWords;

    public Prompter() {
        mReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
        loadCensoredWords();
    }

    private void loadCensoredWords() {
        mCensoredWords = new HashSet<String>();
        Path file = Paths.get("resources", "censored_words.txt");
        List<String> words = null;
        try {
            words = Files.readAllLines(file);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println("Couldn't load censored words");
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        mCensoredWords.addAll(words);
    }

    public void run(Template tmpl) {
        List<String> results = null;
        try {
            results = promptForWords(tmpl);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println("There was a problem prompting for words");
            e.printStackTrace();
            System.exit(0);
        }

    }

    /**
     * Prompts user for each of the blanks
     *
     * @param tmpl The compiled template
     * @return
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public List<String> promptForWords(Template tmpl) throws IOException {
        List<String> words = new ArrayList<String>();
        for (String phrase : tmpl.getPlaceHolders()) {
            String word = promptForWord(phrase);
            words.add(word);
        }
        return words;
    }


    /**
     * Prompts the user for the answer to the fill in the blank.  Value is guaranteed to be not in the censored words list.
     *
     * @param phrase The word that the user should be prompted.  eg: adjective, proper noun, name
     * @return What the user responded
     */
    public String promptForWord(String phrase) {

        return "";
    }
    public String promptForStoryTemplate() {
        System.out.printf("Enter the story:  ");
        String line = null;
        try {
            line = mReader.readLine();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return line;
    }

}

pseudo-tests.md

#  This is essentially what I am testing 
1.  The user is prompted for a new string template (the one with the double underscores in it).

  a. The prompter class has a new method that prompts for the story template, and that method is called.

2.  The user is then prompted for each word that has been double underscored.

   a. The answer is checked to see if it is contained in the censored words.
      User is continually prompted until they enter a valid word

3.  The user is presented with the completed story

August 19, 2015 8:42pm

again, please make sure to just have the answer and an explanation I am completely done with "hints"!

August 19, 2015 10:32pm

can someone please just post the finished code! I am so frustrated right now I have been working for hours on end and I am literally sobbing at my computer can someone please just help me

2 Answers

August 20, 2015 3:39pm

If you do not understand a TODO please explain what you don't understand. As you know, I will not just post an answer. Since I do not know what your question is, I can't answer it.

Emily this is no different than coding in the real world, so I ask that you attempt to embrace the situation this code challenge puts you into. It's literally the reason I wrote it this way.

Ask specific questions to get yourself unblocked.

August 20, 2015 3:40pm

can you PLEASE JUST POST THE FINISHED CODE

August 20, 2015 3:42pm

my specific question is: How exactly to I prompt for an object, use the prompter object for it to prompt, censor and output, how do I get the implementation details out of the main method, print out the results gathered by rendering the template, and how to prompt the user for the respond to the phrase. And yes I did watch the video which was ABSOLUTELY AND COMPLETELY UNHELPFUL

August 20, 2015 3:44pm

Have you done prompting in any of the other pre requisites to this course?

August 20, 2015 3:45pm

The karaoke machine in this course prompts.

August 20, 2015 3:50pm

yeah i finished all of the previous courses

August 20, 2015 4:05pm

then what would read the line

August 20, 2015 4:14pm

for the first one what would read the line this is what I have so far Prompter prompter = new Prompter(); System.out.println("Enter your story: "); return .readLine();

August 20, 2015 4:14pm

I have absolutely no idea what to do for the second one

August 20, 2015 4:16pm

In your code you already have promptForStoryTemplate. That needs to be called in Main.

August 20, 2015 4:17pm

are you talking about the first to do or the second one?

August 20, 2015 4:26pm

You have 1a but you need 1.

August 20, 2015 4:27pm

what is 1a? Can you at least post what I'm supposed to do for the first todo?

August 20, 2015 4:27pm

what is 1a? Can you at least post what I'm supposed to do for the first todo?

August 20, 2015 4:31pm

Look at this forum post. Can you see 1a?

August 20, 2015 4:33pm

I don't have 1a yet what reads the line?

August 20, 2015 4:35pm

I want to be done already I honestly don't care about understanding it I just want closure before quitting treehouse for the summer can you please just post the finished code? Tomorrow I'm going on vacation and I would really like to not worry about it while I am there could you please just post the code so I can be sane at mind and just relax?

August 20, 2015 4:43pm

Literally copied and pasted from the forum post that you posted:

a. The prompter class has a new method that prompts for the story template, and that method is called.

August 20, 2015 4:44pm

I don't understand how that helps?

August 20, 2015 4:49pm

that method is called.

Is that method called?

August 20, 2015 4:50pm

package com.teamtreehouse;

        import java.io.BufferedReader;
        import java.io.IOException;
        import java.io.InputStreamReader;

public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Prompter prompter = new Prompter();
      prompter.getmReader; 

        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
        System.out.print("Please enter the story template: ");
        String story = null;

        try {
            story = reader.readLine();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        Template tmpl = new Template(story);

        prompter.run(tmpl);
    }
}

for prompter:

package com.teamtreehouse;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;


public class Prompter {
    private BufferedReader mReader;
    private Set<String> mCensoredWords;

    public Prompter() {
        mReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
        loadCensoredWords();
    }

    private void loadCensoredWords() {
        mCensoredWords = new HashSet<String>();
        Path file = Paths.get("resources", "censored_words.txt");
        List<String> words = null;
        try {
            words = Files.readAllLines(file);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println("Couldn't load censored words");
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        mCensoredWords.addAll(words);
    }

    public void run(Template tmpl) {
        List<String> results = null;

        try {
            results = promptForWords(tmpl);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println("There was a problem prompting for words");
            e.printStackTrace();
            System.exit(0);
        }

        String story = tmpl.render(results);
        System.out.printf("%nYour TreeStory:%n%n%s", story);
    }

    /**
     * Prompts user for each of the blanks
     *
     * @param tmpl The compiled template
     * @return
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public List<String> promptForWords(Template tmpl) throws IOException {
        List<String> words = new ArrayList<String>();

        for (String phrase : tmpl.getPlaceHolders()) {
            String word = promptForWord(phrase);
            words.add(word);
        }

        return words;
    }


    /**
     * Prompts the user for the answer to the fill in the blank.  Value is guaranteed to be not in the censored words list.
     *
     * @param phrase The word that the user should be prompted.  eg: adjective, proper noun, name
     * @return What the user responded



     */
   public BufferedReader getmReader() {
        return mReader;
    }

    public String promptForWord(String phrase) {
        String word = null;

        while(mCensoredWords.contains(word) || word == null) {
            try {
                System.out.printf("Please enter a %s: ", phrase);
                word = mReader.readLine();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }

            if(mCensoredWords.contains(word)){
                System.out.print("Oops! That word is censored. Please enter another word: ");
            }
        }

        return word;
    }
}

how is this code looking?

August 20, 2015 5:05pm

Pretty good...

in your original code you had:

  public String promptForStoryTemplate() {
        System.out.printf("Enter the story:  ");
        String line = null;
        try {
            line = mReader.readLine();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return line;
    }

You don't need to expose the reader or import it.

You need to call:

String story = prompter.promptForStoryTemplate();

August 20, 2015 5:07pm

i tried that but I'm still getting this error? ./com/teamtreehouse/Main.java:11: error: cannot find symbol String story = prompter.promptForStoryTemplate(); ^ symbol: method promptForStoryTemplate() location: variable prompter of type Prompter ./com/teamtreehouse/Main.java:15: error: variable story is already defined in method main(String[]) String story = null; ^ 2 errors

August 20, 2015 5:10pm

wait a minute I'm getting this error now ./com/teamtreehouse/Main.java:15: error: cannot find symbol String story = prompter.promptForStoryTemplate(); ^ symbol: method promptForStoryTemplate() location: variable prompter of type Prompter 1 error

August 20, 2015 5:13pm

Do you have the order right? Remember you can't use something before declaring it.

August 20, 2015 5:17pm

I tried playing with the order but it keeps on saying that one phrase or the other has an issue: this is what I have right now:

package com.teamtreehouse;

        import java.io.BufferedReader;
        import java.io.IOException;
        import java.io.InputStreamReader;

public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Prompter prompter = new Prompter();


        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
        System.out.print("Please enter the story template: ");



        try {
            story = reader.readLine();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        String story = prompter.promptForStoryTemplate();
      Template tmpl = new Template(story);  
      prompter.run(tmpl);
    }
}

August 20, 2015 5:26pm

Delete this:

BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
    System.out.print("Please enter the story template: ");



    try {
        story = reader.readLine();
    } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

(If you surround your code in 3 back ticks ``` and write java it will color code)

August 20, 2015 5:30pm

I just did that and the same error appeared:

./com/teamtreehouse/Main.java:14: error: cannot find symbol
        String story = prompter.promptForStoryTemplate();
                               ^
  symbol:   method promptForStoryTemplate()
  location: variable prompter of type Prompter

1 error

August 20, 2015 5:31pm

thisi is my code as of now:

package com.teamtreehouse;

        import java.io.BufferedReader;
        import java.io.IOException;
        import java.io.InputStreamReader;

public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Prompter prompter = new Prompter();



        String story = prompter.promptForStoryTemplate();
      Template tmpl = new Template(story);  
      prompter.run(tmpl);
    }
}

August 20, 2015 5:33pm

Looks good...does it run in IntelliJ?

August 20, 2015 5:37pm

Did you re-add that promptForStoryTemplate that you originally had?

August 20, 2015 5:37pm

it doesn't run in the code challenge though this is my error: ./com/teamtreehouse/Main.java:14: error: cannot find symbol String story = prompter.promptForStoryTemplate(); ^ symbol: method promptForStoryTemplate() location: variable prompter of type Prompter 1 error

August 20, 2015 5:38pm

even though as you can see in the code, I already defined prompter beforehand?

August 20, 2015 5:39pm

Are you sure you have that method locally and on the code challenge version?

August 20, 2015 5:40pm

The error is talking about:

symbol: method promptForStoryTemplate()

August 20, 2015 5:44pm

wait a minute this is what I have for the Prompter.java: what am I doing wrong?

package com.teamtreehouse;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;


public class Prompter {
    private BufferedReader mReader;
    private Set<String> mCensoredWords;

    public Prompter() {
        mReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
        loadCensoredWords();
    }

    private void loadCensoredWords() {
        mCensoredWords = new HashSet<String>();
        Path file = Paths.get("resources", "censored_words.txt");
        List<String> words = null;
        try {
            words = Files.readAllLines(file);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println("Couldn't load censored words");
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        mCensoredWords.addAll(words);
    }

    public void run(Template tmpl) {
        List<String> results = null;

        try {
            results = promptForWords(tmpl);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println("There was a problem prompting for words");
            e.printStackTrace();
            System.exit(0);
        }

        String story = tmpl.render(results);
        System.out.printf("%nYour TreeStory:%n%n%s", story);
    }

    /**
     * Prompts user for each of the blanks
     *
     * @param tmpl The compiled template
     * @return
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public List<String> promptForWords(Template tmpl) throws IOException {
        List<String> words = new ArrayList<String>();

        for (String phrase : tmpl.getPlaceHolders()) {
            String word = promptForWord(phrase);
            words.add(word);
        }

        return words;
    }


    /**
     * Prompts the user for the answer to the fill in the blank.  Value is guaranteed to be not in the censored words list.
     *
     * @param phrase The word that the user should be prompted.  eg: adjective, proper noun, name
     * @return What the user responded



     */
   public BufferedReader getmReader() {
        return mReader;
    }

    public String promptForWord(String phrase) {
        String word = null;

        while(mCensoredWords.contains(word) || word == null) {
            try {
                System.out.printf("Please enter a %s: ", phrase);
                word = mReader.readLine();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }

            if(mCensoredWords.contains(word)){
                System.out.print("Oops! That word is censored. Please enter another word: ");
            }
        }

        return word;
    }
}

August 20, 2015 5:48pm

Your original code contained a new method which I had assumed you still had in there.

public String promptForStoryTemplate() {
        System.out.printf("Enter the story:  ");
        String line = null;
        try {
            line = mReader.readLine();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return line;
    }

August 20, 2015 5:48pm

Your original code contained a new method which I had assumed you still had in there.

public String promptForStoryTemplate() {
        System.out.printf("Enter the story:  ");
        String line = null;
        try {
            line = mReader.readLine();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return line;
    }

August 20, 2015 5:52pm

okay there is definitely something wrong with that method though because I changed my code and tacked it back onto the end:

package com.teamtreehouse;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;


public class Prompter {
    private BufferedReader mReader;
    private Set<String> mCensoredWords;

    public Prompter() {
        mReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
        loadCensoredWords();
    }

    private void loadCensoredWords() {
        mCensoredWords = new HashSet<String>();
        Path file = Paths.get("resources", "censored_words.txt");
        List<String> words = null;
        try {
            words = Files.readAllLines(file);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println("Couldn't load censored words");
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        mCensoredWords.addAll(words);
    }

    public void run(Template tmpl) {
        List<String> results = null;

        try {
            results = promptForWords(tmpl);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println("There was a problem prompting for words");
            e.printStackTrace();
            System.exit(0);
        }

        String story = tmpl.render(results);
        System.out.printf("%nYour TreeStory:%n%n%s", story);
    }

    /**
     * Prompts user for each of the blanks
     *
     * @param tmpl The compiled template
     * @return
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public List<String> promptForWords(Template tmpl) throws IOException {
        List<String> words = new ArrayList<String>();

        for (String phrase : tmpl.getPlaceHolders()) {
            String word = promptForWord(phrase);
            words.add(word);
        }

        return words;
    }


    /**
     * Prompts the user for the answer to the fill in the blank.  Value is guaranteed to be not in the censored words list.
     *
     * @param phrase The word that the user should be prompted.  eg: adjective, proper noun, name
     * @return What the user responded



     */
   public BufferedReader getmReader() {
        return mReader;
    }

    public String promptForWord(String phrase) {
        String word = null;

        while(mCensoredWords.contains(word) || word == null) {
            try {
                System.out.printf("Please enter a %s: ", phrase);
                word = mReader.readLine();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }

            if(mCensoredWords.contains(word)){
                System.out.print("Oops! That word is censored. Please enter another word: ");
            }
        }

        return word;
      public String promptForStoryTemplate() {
        System.out.printf("Enter the story:  ");
        String line = null;
        try {
            line = mReader.readLine();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return line;
    }
    }

}

but I am still getting this error:

./com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java:101: error: illegal start of expression
      public String promptForStoryTemplate() {
      ^
./com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java:101: error: ';' expected
      public String promptForStoryTemplate() {
                                          ^
./com/teamtreehouse/Main.java:14: error: cannot find symbol
        String story = prompter.promptForStoryTemplate();
                               ^
  symbol:   method promptForStoryTemplate()
  location: variable prompter of type Prompter
3 errors

August 20, 2015 5:56pm

Check your curly braces. Try Code > Reformat code in IntelliJ if you don't see it.

August 20, 2015 6:05pm

I feel like I'm going in circles. I am only getting more and more errors. this is my code after I refactored it:

package com.teamtreehouse;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;


public class Prompter {
    private BufferedReader mReader;
    private Set<String> mCensoredWords;

    public Prompter() {
        mReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
        loadCensoredWords();
    }

    private void loadCensoredWords() {
        mCensoredWords = new HashSet<String>();
        Path file = Paths.get("resources", "censored_words.txt");
        List<String> words = null;
        try {
            words = Files.readAllLines(file);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println("Couldn't load censored words");
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        mCensoredWords.addAll(words);
    }

    public void run(Template tmpl) {
        List<String> results = null;

        try {
            results = promptForWords(tmpl);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println("There was a problem prompting for words");
            e.printStackTrace();
            System.exit(0);
        }

        String story = tmpl.render(results);
        System.out.printf("%nYour TreeStory:%n%n%s", story);
    }

    /**
     * Prompts user for each of the blanks
     *
     * @param tmpl The compiled template
     * @return
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public List<String> promptForWords(Template tmpl) throws IOException {
        List<String> words = new ArrayList<String>();

        for (String phrase : tmpl.getPlaceHolders()) {
            String word = promptForWord(phrase);
            words.add(word);
        }

        return words;
    }


    /**
     * Prompts the user for the answer to the fill in the blank.  Value is guaranteed to be not in the censored words list.
     *
     * @param phrase The word that the user should be prompted.  eg: adjective, proper noun, name
     * @return What the user responded
     */
    public BufferedReader getmReader() {
        return mReader;
    }

    public String promptForWord(String phrase) {
        String word = null;

        while (mCensoredWords.contains(word) || word == null) {
            try {
                System.out.printf("Please enter a %s: ", phrase);
                word = mReader.readLine();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }

            if (mCensoredWords.contains(word)) {
                System.out.print("Oops! That word is censored. Please enter another word: ");
            }
        }

        return word;

    public String promptForStoryTemplate() {
        System.out.printf("Enter the story:  ");
        String line = null;
        try {
            line = mReader.readLine();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return line;
    }
}

}

and I have more errors than before:

./com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java:99: error: illegal start of expression
    public String promptForStoryTemplate() {
    ^
./com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java:99: error: ';' expected
    public String promptForStoryTemplate() {
                                        ^
./com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java:119: error: class, interface, or enum expected
    public BufferedReader getmReader() {
           ^
./com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java:121: error: class, interface, or enum expected
    }
    ^
./com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java:123: error: class, interface, or enum expected
    public String promptForWord(String phrase) {
           ^
./com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java:126: error: class, interface, or enum expected
        while (mCensoredWords.contains(word) || word == null) {
        ^
./com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java:129: error: class, interface, or enum expected
                word = mReader.readLine();
                ^
./com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java:130: error: class, interface, or enum expected
            } catch (IOException e) {
            ^
./com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java:132: error: class, interface, or enum expected
            }
            ^
./com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java:136: error: class, interface, or enum expected
            }
            ^
./com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java:141: error: class, interface, or enum expected
    public String promptForStoryTemplate() {
           ^
./com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java:143: error: class, interface, or enum expected
        String line = null;
        ^
./com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java:144: error: class, interface, or enum expected
        try {
        ^
./com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java:146: error: class, interface, or enum expected
        } catch (IOException e) {
        ^
./com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java:148: error: class, interface, or enum expected
        }
        ^
./com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java:150: error: class, interface, or enum expected
    }
    ^
./com/teamtreehouse/Main.java:14: error: cannot find symbol
        String story = prompter.promptForStoryTemplate();
                               ^
  symbol:   method promptForStoryTemplate()
  location: variable prompter of type Prompter
17 errors

August 20, 2015 6:18pm

Something missing here?

return word;

public String promptForStoryTemplate() {

August 20, 2015 6:21pm

Remember when I said: "Check your curly braces. "

August 20, 2015 6:24pm

I did remove the curly brace but that is not the only issue because I keep on getting issues for the prompt method. ./com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java:99: error: illegal start of expression public String promptForStoryTemplate() { ^ ./com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java:99: error: ';' expected public String promptForStoryTemplate() { ^ ./com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java:119: error: class, interface, or enum expected public BufferedReader getmReader() { ^ ./com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java:121: error: class, interface, or enum expected } ^ ./com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java:123: error: class, interface, or enum expected public String promptForWord(String phrase) { ^ ./com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java:126: error: class, interface, or enum expected while (mCensoredWords.contains(word) || word == null) { ^ ./com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java:129: error: class, interface, or enum expected word = mReader.readLine(); ^ ./com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java:130: error: class, interface, or enum expected } catch (IOException e) { ^ ./com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java:132: error: class, interface, or enum expected } ^ ./com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java:136: error: class, interface, or enum expected } ^ ./com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java:140: error: class, interface, or enum expected } ^ ./com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java:142: error: class, interface, or enum expected public String promptForStoryTemplate() { ^ ./com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java:144: error: class, interface, or enum expected String line = null; ^ ./com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java:145: error: class, interface, or enum expected try { ^ ./com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java:147: error: class, interface, or enum expected } catch (IOException e) { ^ ./com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java:149: error: class, interface, or enum expected } ^ ./com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java:151: error: class, interface, or enum expected } ^ ./com/teamtreehouse/Main.java:14: error: cannot find symbol String story = prompter.promptForStoryTemplate(); ^ symbol: method promptForStoryTemplate() location: variable prompter of type Prompter 18 errors

August 20, 2015 6:27pm

Without the ending curly brace in promptForWords you are putting an illegal method declaration inside the method. You need to end the promptForWords method before starting your declaration of the promptForStoryTemplate method.

The other errors are related to a single ending curly brace. You can match curly braces. Take your time.

August 20, 2015 6:34pm

package com.teamtreehouse;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;


public class Prompter {
    private BufferedReader mReader;
    private Set<String> mCensoredWords;

    public Prompter() {
        mReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
        loadCensoredWords();
    }

    private void loadCensoredWords() {
        mCensoredWords = new HashSet<String>();
        Path file = Paths.get("resources", "censored_words.txt");
        List<String> words = null;
        try {
            words = Files.readAllLines(file);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println("Couldn't load censored words");
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        mCensoredWords.addAll(words);
    }

    public void run(Template tmpl) {
        List<String> results = null;

        try {
            results = promptForWords(tmpl);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println("There was a problem prompting for words");
            e.printStackTrace();
            System.exit(0);
        }

        String story = tmpl.render(results);
        System.out.printf("%nYour TreeStory:%n%n%s", story);
    }

    /**
     * Prompts user for each of the blanks
     *
     * @param tmpl The compiled template
     * @return
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public List<String> promptForWords(Template tmpl) throws IOException {
        List<String> words = new ArrayList<String>();

        for (String phrase : tmpl.getPlaceHolders()) {
            String word = promptForWord(phrase);
            words.add(word);
        }

        return words;
    }


    /**
     * Prompts the user for the answer to the fill in the blank.  Value is guaranteed to be not in the censored words list.
     *
     * @param phrase The word that the user should be prompted.  eg: adjective, proper noun, name
     * @return What the user responded
     */
    public BufferedReader getmReader() {
        return mReader;
    }

    public String promptForWord(String phrase) {
        String word = null;

        while (mCensoredWords.contains(word) || word == null) {
            try {
                System.out.printf("Please enter a %s: ", phrase);
                word = mReader.readLine();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }

            if (mCensoredWords.contains(word)) {
                System.out.print("Oops! That word is censored. Please enter another word: ");
            }
        }

        return word;
    }



    public String promptForStoryTemplate() {
        System.out.printf("Enter the story:  ");
        String line = null;
        try {
            line = mReader.readLine();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return line;
    }
}

}

    /**
     * Prompts the user for the answer to the fill in the blank.  Value is guaranteed to be not in the censored words list.
     *
     * @param phrase The word that the user should be prompted.  eg: adjective, proper noun, name
     * @return What the user responded
     */
    public BufferedReader getmReader() {
        return mReader;
    }

    public String promptForWord(String phrase) {
        String word = null;

        while (mCensoredWords.contains(word) || word == null) {
            try {
                System.out.printf("Please enter a %s: ", phrase);
                word = mReader.readLine();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }

            if (mCensoredWords.contains(word)) {
                System.out.print("Oops! That word is censored. Please enter another word: ");
            }
        }

        return word;
    }

    public String promptForStoryTemplate() {
        System.out.printf("Enter the story:  ");
        String line = null;
        try {
            line = mReader.readLine();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return line;
    }


}

./com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java:114: error: class, interface, or enum expected
}
^
./com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java:122: error: class, interface, or enum expected
    public BufferedReader getmReader() {
           ^
./com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java:124: error: class, interface, or enum expected
    }
    ^
./com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java:126: error: class, interface, or enum expected
    public String promptForWord(String phrase) {
           ^
./com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java:129: error: class, interface, or enum expected
        while (mCensoredWords.contains(word) || word == null) {
        ^
./com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java:132: error: class, interface, or enum expected
                word = mReader.readLine();
                ^
./com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java:133: error: class, interface, or enum expected
            } catch (IOException e) {
            ^
./com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java:135: error: class, interface, or enum expected
            }
            ^
./com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java:139: error: class, interface, or enum expected
            }
            ^
./com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java:143: error: class, interface, or enum expected
    }
    ^
./com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java:145: error: class, interface, or enum expected
    public String promptForStoryTemplate() {
           ^
./com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java:147: error: class, interface, or enum expected
        String line = null;
        ^
./com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java:148: error: class, interface, or enum expected
        try {
        ^
./com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java:150: error: class, interface, or enum expected
        } catch (IOException e) {
        ^
./com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java:152: error: class, interface, or enum expected
        }
        ^
./com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java:154: error: class, interface, or enum expected
    }
    ^
16 errors

alright so this is my code right now and what I'm deciphering from the errors is that public is not a valid way to start the line, and while isn't either. I checked all of my parsing and there doesn't seem to be a problem with that either though. It also says that at 114 I still need to put a } there but I already have!

August 20, 2015 6:56pm

Emily, you are SO close! Kudos, Craig Dennis, for working so hard at explaining step by step, and kudos to you, Emily, for sticking with a frustrating problem for so long.

If you read carefully through the last code you posted, you'll notice that you have a certain section in there twice. That's problematic by itself, but the first time it appears it has the extra curly brace that is the cause of all your trouble. I want you to delete EXACTLY this block of code from the center (I don't have your exact line numbers):

    /**
     * Prompts the user for the answer to the fill in the blank.  Value is guaranteed to be not in the censored words list.
     *
     * @param phrase The word that the user should be prompted.  eg: adjective, proper noun, name
     * @return What the user responded
     */
    public BufferedReader getmReader() {
        return mReader;
    }

    public String promptForWord(String phrase) {
        String word = null;

        while (mCensoredWords.contains(word) || word == null) {
            try {
                System.out.printf("Please enter a %s: ", phrase);
                word = mReader.readLine();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }

            if (mCensoredWords.contains(word)) {
                System.out.print("Oops! That word is censored. Please enter another word: ");
            }
        }

        return word;
    }



    public String promptForStoryTemplate() {
        System.out.printf("Enter the story:  ");
        String line = null;
        try {
            line = mReader.readLine();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return line;
    }
}

}

Read each name of the three methods there and notice that they are duplicated below. The duplicate section has the correct curly braces, though.

August 20, 2015 11:08pm

THANK YOU SO MUCH Craig Dennis Ben Jakuben ICANNOT TAHNK YOU ENOUGH I LITERALLY JUMPED FOR JOY FOR FIVE MINUTES AFTER I FINALLY PASSED IT THANK YOU FOR STICKING WITH ME EVEN THOUGH IT WAS PROBABLY IRRITATING FOR HOURS OMG OMGOMGOMGMGMGOMGMOG I FEEL LIKE I JUST CONQUERED EARTH I AM SO SSOSOSOOSOSOSOSOSOSOOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSO HAPPY THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

August 19, 2015 9:55pm

You forgot to take care of the TODO listed as #1 and #1.a in the "what I am testing".

August 19, 2015 10:02pm

how do I do that?

August 19, 2015 10:03pm

if you could post the completed code that would be great I am so done with this course and I would just like to be finished with it

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