[justabeginner]

I have three different classes. Main is Shopping.java and when I compile this class I am getting the following error:
Shopping.java:35: cannot find symbol
symbol : method ShoppingCart()
location: class Shopping
System.out.println(ShoppingCart());

I have ShoppingCart instantiated within this class so I am not sure why I am getting this error. Please help!!

// ***************************************************************
//   Item.java
//
//   Represents an item in a shopping cart.
// ***************************************************************

import java.text.NumberFormat;

public class Item
{
    private String name;
    private double price;
    private int quantity;

    // -------------------------------------------------------
    //  Create a new item with the given attributes.
    // -------------------------------------------------------
    public Item (String itemName, double itemPrice, int numPurchased)
    {
	name = itemName;
	price = itemPrice;
	quantity = numPurchased;
    }

    // -------------------------------------------------------
    //   Return a string with the information about the item
    // -------------------------------------------------------
    public String toString ()
    {
	NumberFormat fmt = NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance();

	return (name + "\t" + fmt.format(price) + "\t" + quantity + "\t"
		+ fmt.format(price*quantity));
    }

    // -------------------------------------------------
    //   Returns the unit price of the item
    // -------------------------------------------------
    public double getPrice()
    {
	return price;
    }

    // -------------------------------------------------
    //   Returns the name of the item
    // -------------------------------------------------
    public String getName()
    {
	return name;
    }

    // -------------------------------------------------
    //   Returns the quantity of the item
    // -------------------------------------------------
    public int getQuantity()
    {
	return quantity;
    }
}  

// **********************************************************************
//   ShoppingCart.java
//
//   Represents a shopping cart as an array of items
// **********************************************************************

import java.text.NumberFormat;

public class ShoppingCart
{
    private int itemCount;      // total number of items in the cart
    private double totalPrice;  // total price of items in the cart
    private int capacity;       // current cart capacity

    // -----------------------------------------------------------
    //  Creates an empty shopping cart with a capacity of 5 items.
    // -----------------------------------------------------------
    private Item[] cart = new Item[5];  
	 
	 public ShoppingCart()
    {
	   capacity = 5;
	   itemCount = 0;
	   totalPrice = 0.0;
    }

    // -------------------------------------------------------
    //  Adds an item to the shopping cart.
    // -------------------------------------------------------
    public void addToCart(String itemName, double price, int quantity)
    {
	   if(itemCount==cart.length)
		{
		  increaseSize();
		  capacity += 3;
		}  
		cart[itemCount] = new Item(itemName, price, quantity);
		itemCount++;
	   totalPrice += price*quantity;
		capacity--;
    }

    // -------------------------------------------------------
    //  Returns the contents of the cart together with
    //  summary information.
    // -------------------------------------------------------
    public String toString()
    {
   	NumberFormat fmt = NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance();

	   String contents = "\nShopping Cart\n";
   	contents += "\nItem\t\tUnit Price\tQuantity\tTotal\n";

   	for (int i = 0; i < itemCount; i++)
	     contents += cart[i].toString() + "\n";

   	contents += "\nTotal Price: " + fmt.format(totalPrice);
   	contents += "\n";

      return contents;
    }

    // ---------------------------------------------------------
    //  Increases the capacity of the shopping cart by 3
    // ---------------------------------------------------------
    private void increaseSize()
    {
	   Item[] temp = new Item[cart.length+3];
		for(int i=0; i<cart.length; i++)
		  temp[i] = cart[i];
		cart=temp;
    }
	
	 // ---------------------------------------------------------
    //  Returns the total price
    // --------------------------------------------------------- 
	 public double getTotalPrice()
	 {
	   return totalPrice;
	 }
}

import java.util.Scanner;

public class Shopping
{
  public static void main (String[] args)
  {
  String ans;
  int quantity;
  double price;
  String itemName;
  
  Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
  ShoppingCart ShopCart = new ShoppingCart();
  
  System.out.print("Do you wish to shop?");
  ans = scan.nextLine();
  
  while (ans.equalsIgnoreCase("y"))
  {
    System.out.print("Enter item: ");
	 itemName = scan.nextLine();
    System.out.print("Enter price: ");
	 price = scan.nextFloat();
	 System.out.print("Enter quantity: ");
	 quantity = scan.nextInt();
	 scan.nextLine();
	 	 
	 //add item to cart
	 ShopCart.addToCart(itemName, price, quantity);
	 System.out.println(ShoppingCart());
	 System.out.println("Please pay " + ShopCart.getTotalPrice());
	} //end of while loop	 
  }
}

[erik.price]

System.out.println(ShoppingCart());

Your Shopping class doesn't have a ShoppingCart method defined.

Did you mean to do this?

System.out.println(ShopCart.toString());

[pdkharkar]

it is obvious
you have not defined any of the method called shoppingCart in your code
what you have written is a constructor

[justabeginner]

Oh, I tried ShopCart() in my print line, but did not add the toString method. However, when I change this, my program is entering a infinite loop and not asking the user "Do you wish to shop?" after adding an item to ShoppingCart. I checked all my brackets and they seem to be in the correct place, so I am not sure why it is not doing this after it passes through the while loop. Any suggestions??

[erik.price]

The toString method will be called implicitly, so yes, this is acceptable too: System.out.println(ShopCart);

You assign 'ans' outside of your loop here: ans = scan.nextLine(); and then never reassign it inside of your while loop, so your condition, while (ans.equalsIgnoreCase("y")) will always be true.

Reassign 'ans' at the end of your while loop

[justabeginner]

I had that written in my notes and just forgot to add it in my code, but it is working properly now. Thanks so much!

[erik.price]

No problem!