[PureLily]

Hello everyone...
yesterday I had task to draw a square by (*)
this is the way I done it.

import java.util.Scanner;
public class drawS{
  public static void main(String[]args){
    Scanner ask = new Scanner(System.in);
    int length = ask.nextInt();
    int i;
    drowLine(length);
    System.out.println();
      for (i=0;i<length-2;i++){
    drowEmptyLine(length);
      System.out.println();
    }
      drowLine(length);
  }


public static void drowLine(int n){
  for (int i=0;i<n;i++){
    System.out.print('*');
  }
}


public static void drowEmptyLine(int n){
  System.out.print('*');
   for(int i=0; i< n-2; i++){
     System.out.print(" ");
   }
    System.out.print('*');
}
}

The the teacher asked us to make the user choose the symbol to draw the square..
Here is my try but I faced some problems

import java.util.Scanner;
public class anySymbol{
  public static void main(String[]args){
    Scanner ask = new Scanner(System.in);
      
       
    System.out.println("Enter Symbol");
     String Letter= in.nextLine();

   
     System.out.println("Enter Length");
    int length = ask.nextInt();
    int i;
    drowLine(length);
    System.out.println();
      for (i=0; i<length-2 ;i++){
    drowEmptyLine(length);
      System.out.println();
    }
      drowLine(length);
  }


public static void drowLine(int n){
    String Symbol = in.nextLine();
  for (int i=0;i<n;i++){
    System.out.print(Symbol);
  }
}


public static void drowEmptyLine(int n){
   String Symbol = in.nextLine();
  System.out.print(Symbol);
   for(int i=0; i< n-2; i++){
     System.out.print(" ");
   }
    System.out.print(Symbol);
}
}

this is the error :
3 errors found:
[line: 8]
cannot find symbol
symbol : variable in


[line: 25]
cannot find symbol
symbol : variable in
location: class anySymbol

[line: 33]
cannot find symbol
symbol : variable in
location: class anySymbol

This post has been edited by PureLily: 08 May 2011 - 03:46 AM

[Davide Vitelaru]

You are printing Symbol instead of Letter. I assume Letter is the user's symbol of choice, right?

[PureLily]

Davide Vitelaru, on 08 May 2011 - 04:02 AM, said:

You are printing Symbol instead of Letter. I assume Letter is the user's symbol of choice, right?

Sorry I don't really get your question
But I give the user the ability to choose a character to draw a square
try the first program to get my idea

[CasiOo]

Scanner ask = new Scanner(System.in);
String Letter= in.nextLine();
String Symbol = in.nextLine();

[PureLily]

CasiOo, on 08 May 2011 - 04:33 AM, said:

Scanner ask = new Scanner(System.in);
String Letter= in.nextLine();
String Symbol = in.nextLine();

This is the the same to what I did!!

Will somebody HELP ME here!!

This post has been edited by PureLily: 08 May 2011 - 11:39 PM

[macosxnerd101]

If you want to use your Scanner in multiple methods, you either have to pass it as a parameter (and modify the method headers), or declare it in your class as a static variable. The latter option will require you to declare it in the class, but not inside any method.

Also, you name your Scanner ask, but read in in.nextLine(). Don't you mean to read ask.nextLine() instead?

[jon.kiparsky]

PureLily, on 09 May 2011 - 01:40 AM, said:

CasiOo, on 08 May 2011 - 04:33 AM, said:

Scanner ask = new Scanner(System.in);
String Letter= in.nextLine();
String Symbol = in.nextLine();

This is the the same to what I did!!

Will somebody HELP ME here!!

He is helping you. That is what you did. Do you see why it doesn't work? What is "in"?You have a scanner called "ask", but what is "in"?

And that's what the compiler is asking you:


This:

cannot find symbol
symbol : variable in

is the compiler's way of saying "Help! What is 'in'?"

I thnk you have the logic mostly right, but you're missing a few key things.
I see that you have two methods for drawing lines, and they both ask the user for input. Why is that?

[PureLily]

Thanks for helping me
both of your replies are great because u r explaining to me the causes of the error (I guess.. )
but my problem is that English is not my first language so I don't really get what u r saying
I`ll be selfish and ask u to guide me what to do exactly..
I have removed both of ask in the button of my work..now I got 1 error

import java.util.Scanner;
public class anySymbol{
  public static void main(String[]args){
   Scanner ask = new Scanner(System.in);
      
       
    System.out.println("Enter Symbol");
     String Letter= in.nextLine();
     

   
     System.out.println("Enter Length");
    int length = ask.nextInt();
    int i;
    drawLine(length);
    System.out.println();
      for (i=0; i<length-2 ;i++){
    drawEmptyLine(length);
      System.out.println();
    }
      drawLine(length);
  }


public static void drawLine(int n){
    String Symbol;
  for (int i=0;i<n;i++){
    System.out.print(Symbol);
  }
}


public static void drawEmptyLine(int n){
  String Symbol ; 
  System.out.print(Symbol);
   for(int i=0; i< n-2; i++){
     System.out.print(" ");
   }
    System.out.print(Symbol);
}
}

I get :
1 error found:
[line: 8]
cannot find symbol
symbol : variable in
location: class anySymbol

[macosxnerd101]

Your Scanner is named ask. You are reading in.nextLine(). The variable in doesn't exist. You want to read ask.nextLine().

[PureLily]

yes I have tried to do that but then 2 errors appeared!!




2 errors found:
[line: 28]
variable Symbol might not have been initialized
[line: 35]
variable Symbol might not have been initialized

[macosxnerd101]

You have declared Symbol in your methods, but you haven't initialized it by assigning it a value. That is why you are getting that error. See my sample below, with the comments:

String x; //declaring a variable
x = "this is a value"; //initializing a variable

//declare and initialize a variable in one line
String y = "this is a test"; 

[PureLily]

thank u a lot

[macosxnerd101]

Glad I could help!