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Java Java Objects Meet Objects Creating Classes

Posted by William Owens
William Owens
8,668 Points

2 errors on line 6 PezDispenser

I can't find the errors on: the line that makes the new PEZ

public class Example {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    // Your amazing code goes here...
    System.out.println("We are making a new PEZ dispenser");
        PezDispenser dispenser = new PezDispenser();
        System.out.printf("The dispenser is %s %n",
                                            dispenser.characterName);
  }

}

5 Answers

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,684 Points

Hi William,

I can't see the errors either - what errors are you getting and can you post your code from the PezDispenser class too? I'm wondering if there's a little typo in there, perhaps.

Steve.

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,407 Points
Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,407 Points

It would also help to know what the errors are and whether they are occurring in the PezDispenser.java file instead of the Example.java file.

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,684 Points

Clicked send too early - yes, the source of the errors would interesting too. The message should show us that.

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,407 Points
Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,407 Points

I hit send a little early too...

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,684 Points

I'm always on a tablet in the evening - 23:00 here now - and it has the most sensitive "you touched the screen" reflex so it sends stuff that I've rarely finished typing. I should drag the laptop down from the office but that'd just keep me working until far too late! I don't have my work tools on the tablet so I can just browse and watch some tv with my guitar in hand, chilling. (Radiohead's tonight's musical challenge!)

William Owens
William Owens
8,668 Points
William Owens
William Owens
8,668 Points

Thanks Steve, I just realized that the Pez class is in a file spelled PezDispensor.java for unknown reasons.

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,684 Points

That shouldn't make any difference - it didn't in my code, but as long as you got going again, that's great. It might have been a recompile that fixed it; the file name seems less critical. Doesn't matter - as long as you're on your way. :+1:

William Owens
William Owens
8,668 Points
William Owens
William Owens
8,668 Points

Here's the PEZ. I've been trying to copy and paste the errors but somehow it won't let me.

class PezDispenser {
    String characterName = "Yoda";
}
William Owens
William Owens
8,668 Points
William Owens
William Owens
8,668 Points

Here's the errors. It finally allowed me to copy and paste.

Picked up JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS: -Xmx128m                                                    
Picked up _JAVA_OPTIONS: -Xmx128m                                                        
Example.java:6: error: cannot find symbol                                                
                PezDispenser dispenser = new PezDispenser();                             
                ^                                                                        
  symbol:   class PezDispenser                                                           
  location: class Example                                                                
Example.java:6: error: cannot find symbol                                                
                PezDispenser dispenser = new PezDispenser();                             
                                             ^                                           
  symbol:   class PezDispenser                                                           
  location: class Example                                                                
2 errors
Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,684 Points

Is your Pez class in a file called PezDispenser.java?

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,684 Points

I tried it with a different file name - it still worked. Have you saved everything and recompiled your code?

You should have no red dots in the tabs at the top of the Workspace and you'll need to run javac Example.java every time you've saved a change else it'll not recognise the changes.

Daniel Hunter
Daniel Hunter
4,622 Points
Daniel Hunter
Daniel Hunter
4,622 Points

I had the same 2 errors on line 6, I just realised that I misspelled the file name for PezDispenser.java, I corrected it and re-run the program then it worked.