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Siddhant RathoreSiddhant Rathore 

Create an Apex class with a method that returns a list of strings

Hello all,
i am trying to pass this trailhead code challenge.

Can someone please explain why this code1 is incorrect and code2 is correct.

code1
public class StringArrayTest {
public static string[] generateStringArray()
{   
list <string> name= new list <string>();
integer i;
integer n=3;
for(i=0;i<=n;i++){
    name.add('Test' +' '+ i);
system.debug(name[i]);
}
return name;
    }
}

code2

public class StringArrayTest {
 
    public static String[] generateStringArray(integer len) {
       
        String[] myArray = new List<String>();
            
            for(Integer i=0;i< len;i++) {
                    myArray.add('Test ' +i);          
                    System.debug(myArray[i]);
            } 
            return myArray;
        }   
}

SubratSubrat (Salesforce Developers) 
Hello Siddhant ,

I tried executing your code 1 in the dev console , it is working fine . Maybe as you have predefined the integer limit to 3 , all the test cases in trailhead is not passing and thats why it is showing incorrect . 

Whreas in code 2 , the limit is defined in the method , passing it in run time and it executes for all the limit defined during it and passing all the test cases.
  
public class StringArrayTest {
public static string[] generateStringArray(integer n)
{   
list <string> name= new list <string>();
integer i;
for(i=0;i<=n;i++){
    name.add('Test' +' '+ i);
system.debug(name[i]);
}
return name;
    }
}

Like a general scenario it will pass all test cases.


It it helps , please mark this as Best Answer.
Thank you .
Shri RajShri Raj
public class StringArrayTest {
    public static List<String> generateStringArray() {   
        List<String> name = new List<String>();
        for (Integer i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
            name.add('Test ' + i);
            System.debug(name[i]);
        }
        return name;
    }
}