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Posted by Dennis Saadeddin
Dennis Saadeddin
1,303 Points

Please help! I can't see why the REPL returns these errors

Hey guys! I keep getting this error when I am using the PezDispenser.MAX_PEZ query in REPL. Here it is:

java> :load PezDispenser.java
Loaded source file from PezDispenser.java

java> PezDispenser.MAX_PEZ
ERROR: not a statement
PezDispenser.MAX_PEZ;
^

ERROR: cannot find symbol
symbol: variable PezDispenser
location: class Evaluation
PezDispenser.MAX_PEZ;
^

My constant variable is declared correctly and my member variable as well.

public static final int MAX_PEZ = 12;

private static int mPezCount;

I have also initialized the member variable in the constructor:

public PezDispenser(String characterName) { mCharacterName = characterName; mPezCount = 0; }

And I am using it in the load() method to load the Pez:

public static void load() { mPezCount = MAX_PEZ; }

Can someone help me figure out what the error is? Thanks :D

1 Answer

Andrew Wiley
Andrew Wiley
27,097 Points
Andrew Wiley
Andrew Wiley
27,097 Points

java> :load PezDispenser.java Loaded source file from PezDispenser.java

java> PezDispenser pd = new PezDispenser("Yoda"); PezDispenser pd = PezDispenser@4752ebba

java> pd.MAX_PEZ;
java.lang.Integer res1 = 12