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Java Java Data Structures Getting There Packages

Dakota Strege
Dakota Strege
3,005 Points
Posted by Dakota Strege
Dakota Strege
3,005 Points

Blog vs blog problems... 4of4...

public class Display {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    // Your code here...
BlogPost blog= new blog();

  System.out.printf("This is a blog post: %s", blog);
  }
}

How can I get rid of this error?

./Display.java:6: error: cannot find symbol
BlogPost blog= new blog();
                                  ^
  symbol:   class blog
  location: class Display
1 error

(the caret is highlighting the "b" in the "new blog")

[MOD: edited code blocks and caret - srh]

1 Answer

andren
andren
28,558 Points
andren
andren
28,558 Points

The word following new has to be the name of the class being instantiated. Since the name of the class is BlogPost it is incorrect to use the word blog.

If you change it to BlogPost like this:

BlogPost blog = new BlogPost();

Then that should fix the error you are receiving.