How to remove repeated code in constructors? [duplicate]

Question

I have the following code;

abstract class Animal{

    public String name;
    public int legCount;

    //If has no leg count
    public Animal(String name){
        this.name = name;
        this.legCount = 4;  //Default leg count is 4

        System.out.println("Created animal: " + name);
    }

    //If has a leg count
    public Animal(String name, int legCount){
        this.name = name;
        this.legCount = legCount;

        System.out.println("Created animal: " + name);
    }}

I have repeated System.out.println("Created animal: " + name); twice. Is there a way to remove this repeated code, so it only runs once? having multiple constructors can make this a bit of a pain.

Answer 1

class Animal{

    public String name;
    public int legCount;


    public Animal(String name){
        this(name,4);
    }

    public Animal(String name, int legCount){
        this.name = name;
        this.legCount = legCount;
        System.out.println("Created animal: " + name);
    }


}

now you only repeat the printing line once

the 1 parameter constructor call the 2 parameters constructor with the default value 4.