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Thread: one variable in a third class is being reported as holding different values when references from objects in two different classes! please help!

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    Default Re: one variable in a third class is being reported as holding different values when references from objects in two different classes! please help!

    How many FuelGuage class objects does the code create?
    Should there only be one that all other classes share?
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    Most cars have only one per fuel tank.
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    Default Re: one variable in a third class is being reported as holding different values when references from objects in two different classes! please help!

    This would be a great example of where to use the Singleton Design Pattern. If you know that your program is only ever going to need one instance of an object that's what you should do. Then any class can grab the instance from the class itself instead of having to pass it from one to another.
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