hey guys and gals,
newb back again with a little request from the Java Gods. in line 31 i've got an error saying "cannot find symbol"
NextRecord record = new NextRecord();i've got 2! count 'em 2 Java books and i'm still stuck...Help?
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.lang.IllegalStateException;
import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
import java.util.Scanner;
public class NumberStudy
{
private Scanner input;
//enable user to open file
public void openFile()
{
try
{
input = new Scanner(new File("numbers.txt"));
}// end try
catch (FileNotFoundException fileNotfoundException)
{
System.err.println( "Error opening file.");
System.exit(1);
}//end catch
}// end method openFile
//read record from file
public void nextInt()
{
//object to be written to screen
NextRecord record = new NextRecord();
System.out.printf( "%s%10s", "Rating ", "Frequency ");
try //read from the file using the scanner
{
while (input.hasNext())
{
record.setRating(input.nextInt());
record.setFrequency(input.next());
//display record contents
System.out.printf( "%s%10s", "Rating ", "Frequency ", record.getRating(), record.getFrequency());
} //end while
} // end try
catch(NoSuchElementException elementException)
{
System.err.println( "File imporperly formed.");
input.close();
System.exit(1);
}//end catch
catch (IllegalStateException stateException)
{
System.err.println("Error reading from file.");
System.exit(1);
}//end catch
}//end method nextInt
//close file and terminate application
public void closeFile()
{
if (input != null)
input.close(); //close file
}//end catch
}//end class NumberStudy