Re: <identifier> expected error

From:
Kathy Walker <kjata1013@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.help
Date:
Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:09:04 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID:
<f8ae3efa-08a6-492c-9d0e-dc1931bf8454@k15g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>
On Sep 22, 8:56 pm, Lew <lewbl...@gmail.com> wrote:

Kathy Walker wrote:

Gah. I'm trying to call a method from one class to another. The TA's [s=

ic]

are overloaded so I got no one, can anyone tell me what's wrong? I've
had one java [sic] class like a year ago. Kinda rusty. Thanks!

class NumArrayList implements NumList
{
  double [] Numbers = new double[3];

  public void main(String args[]){

    Numbers[0] = 100000;
    Numbers[1] = 20.9;
    Numbers[2] = 3;
  }
  public void printArray(){
  for(int i = 0; i<Numbers.length;i++)
    System.out.print(Numbers[i] + " ");
  }
}

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------>

public interface NumList {
printArry();
}


So what is the problem you face?

You have left out a lot of details, like what is expected and what's happ=

ening instead, and what you're doing to make that happen, but I'll tell you=
 what I see so far.

"... trying to call a method from one class to another."
You don't show any class trying to call a method from another class, or e=

ven from itself.

"public void main(String args[]){"
The Java Virtual Machine (JVM) needs a public *static* void main method t=

o start a Java program. Your 'main()' is not 'static'.

Your 'for' loop lacks curly braces around its statement body.

You named your number array 'Numbers'. The convention in Java is for v=

ariables to start with a lower-case letter, not an upper-case letter. Type =
(class and interface) names should begin with an upper-case letter.

'System.out.print(...)'
You should follow your last 'print()' with a 'println()' or you risk not =

seeing any output at all, because 'System.out' is buffered. A newline (w=
hich 'println()' emits) forces a flush to the 'out' stream. The flush em=
pties the buffer to the stream.

Provide more details about your problem, such as what the error message i=

s (verbatim!); a short, self-contained, compilable example (http://sscce.or=
g/) that demonstrates the error; and the operating conditions that let some=
one duplicate your error.

--
Lew


Yeah, I suck at explaining but john matthews explanation got me where
I need to go. Sorry.

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