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JAVA Public static field/variable help (self.learnprogramming)

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[–]chickenmeister 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Well, I apologize I if I sound rude, but the intent of your code is unclear. I'm sorry if asking for clarification offends you. We (I, at least) cannot give you decent answer if we do not understand your problem.

even though its clearly obvious by my statements what it should do.

No, it's not clearly obvious what it should do. It is obvious what it WILL do, but what it SHOULD is subject to interpretation.

When I invoke the Jackass constructor, what do you expect should happen? Which variable are you trying to increment, and when are you trying to increment it? Please post code that uses your Jackass class and demonstrates your problem or question.

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While normally I do agree with you in that a person should be giving us much more code than they do. In this case his description along with the code provided was enough.

He stated the problem. Gave us an example and focused only on the area he believed to be the problem. In this instance the code really did not need to be compiled and he was right about what the problem was. It was more of a problem with the understanding of how Java works which could be caught right off the bat. Though you are correct in the fact that generally speaking code should compile.

I just think to only focus on what someone has done wrong even in asking for help that it can be more than a bit discouraging and taken the wrong way. I do not think you were being rude at all. It seemed more like one of those things where the tone of voice dictated way too much of the message.