How do I use a tostring method to print two private string variables

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i need to print out two String variables using the toString method, and what ive tried it won't print out right and it wont compile.

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Java

public String toString(){
         this.dayOfTheWeek = day;
         this.name = n;
         String day = new String("The name of the show is: " + n + "and airs on: " + day);
         System.out.println(day.toString());

Posted 14-Mar-16 10:23am

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Updated 15-Mar-16 0:42am

Richard MacCutchan

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Richard MacCutchan · Answer 1 · 2016-03-15T00:42:00

This is all wrong I'm afraid. The variables day and n do not exist in the toString method. They should be set either in the constructor:

Java

class ThisClass {
    private int dayOfTheWeek;
    private String name;

    ThisClass(int day, String name) {
         this.dayOfTheWeek = day;
         this.name = name;
    }

or by using setters (see Adding Setter and Getter Methods - The Java EE 6 Tutorial[^]).

Also you should not be printing the data in the toString method. Its purpose is to return a string which may be printed by the caller. So Your method should look like:

Java

public String toString(){
    String textday = new String("The name of the show is: " + n + "and airs on: " + day);
    return textday;
}