# How to get small words gray

**URL:** <https://forum.codewithmosh.com/t/how-to-get-small-words-gray/18219>\
**Category:** Java\
**Created:** [February 14, 2023, 10:08am UTC](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/t/how-to-get-small-words-gray/18219 "2023-02-14T10:08:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Michaeld57](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.codewithmosh.com/michaeld57/32/5580_2.png) [@Michaeld57](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/u/Michaeld57)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 10:08am UTC](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/t/how-to-get-small-words-gray/18219/1 "2023-02-14T10:08:49Z")

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Following the 3 part java ultimate course when I got to lesson 12  
I cannot get past this problem.

var employee = new Employee(baseSalary: 50\_000, hourlyRate: 20) .  
both the  
baseSalary: and HourlyRate:  
are small letters and grayed out in course?

mine are red

when running program it stops and expects either ; or , which I know is wrong  
I have got over it by decaring  
int baseSarlry = 50\_000  
Int hourlyRate = 20  
But now trying to complete course is impossible

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**Author:** ![SAM](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.codewithmosh.com/sam/32/167_2.png) [@SAM](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/u/SAM)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/t/how-to-get-small-words-gray/18219/2 "2023-02-14T17:45:17Z")

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Don’t type parameter names when passing arguments to functions or constructors (`new Employee(50_000, 20)`). The gray names are displayed by the IDE.

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**Author:** ![Michaeld57](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.codewithmosh.com/michaeld57/32/5580_2.png) [@Michaeld57](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/u/Michaeld57)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2023, 3:02pm UTC](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/t/how-to-get-small-words-gray/18219/3 "2023-02-15T15:02:44Z")

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Sam thank for your response its very appreciated I have found that when I put in empoyee= new Employee(prompt: 50000);  
Then highlighted the word prompt plus colon and delete it revert to the gray small letters, and was able to keep learning.  
Being very new to intellij I’m very thankful any help.  
Regards Michael