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John Wilson
11,739 PointsPalprime Checker Syntax, what am I missing?
I'm stuck at the syntax for calling a method on a property in the palprime exercise. Can anyone see what concept I am missing from my code or at least what code simplistically does make this happen?
Thank you!
<?php
require "class.palprimechecker.php";
$checker= new PalprimeChecker;
$checker->number = 17;
echo "The number " .$checker->number;
if($checker->isPalprime()=true) {
echo "is"} else {
echo "is not"};
echo " a palprime.";
?>
1 Answer
Simon Coates
28,694 Points<?php
require "class.palprimechecker.php";
$checker= new PalprimeChecker(); //doesn't punish you for leaving out ()
$checker->number = 17;
echo "The number ".$checker->number;
if($checker->isPalprime()) {
echo " is ";
} else {
echo " is not ";
}
echo " a palprime.";
?>
Simon Coates
28,694 Pointsor you could use the ternary style
echo "The number ".$checker->number;
echo ($checker->isPalprime())? " is " : " is not ";
echo " a palprime.";
John Wilson
11,739 PointsAwesome thanks!
Simon Coates
28,694 PointsSimon Coates
28,694 Points= is an attempt at assignment. ==, or === are tests on equality. However, as the value being returned from the method should be a true/false, you don't need to test it as true.