Re: Error help?

Tukewl4u wrote:
Ok, I'm a little confused. I've thought that, but what does 'cannot find symbol' mean? Does something need to be specified in the object? I'm trying to modify Small Java Fig. 3.7-3.8 http://www.cs.unt.edu/~irby/Courses/1030/programs/SJch3.html to a class project and don't see the difference. To me...it should work. Now I get:

Executing: C:\Program Files\ConTEXT\ConExec.exe "C:\Program

Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_07\bin\javac.exe" "GradeBookTest.java"

GradeBookTest.java:29: cannot find symbol

symbol : variable input

location: class GradeBookTest

String name = input.nextLine(); // read a line of text

^

GradeBookTest.java:34: non-static method displayMessage() cannot be referenced from a static context

GradeBook.displayMessage();

^

2 errors

Execution finished.

"Eric Sosman" <esosman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:sJKdnX3eYo5ZaovYnZ2dnUVZ_qCdnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Tukewl4u wrote:

Hello all

Can some one tell me why I'm getting this error? I really don't understand
why it shouldn't work.


GradeBookTest.java:30: ')' expected
gradebook2.setCourseName ( String Name ); // set the course name
^
[...]
String Name = input.nextLine(); // read a line of text
gradebook2.setCourseName ( String Name ); // set the course name
Should be

gradebook2.setCourseName(Name); // set the course name

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Eric Sosman
esosman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx



Please learn how to post to a news group. DO not 'TOP POST'... Its screws up the thread.

Need to have your code along with the errors.

The non-static error is saying you are trying to call a method that needs to be static. You are calling that method from a static method.

Let me guess: main()

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