pass argument

[tonief]

I have this code i java
I have class

class Author
{
  String name,surname;
  public Author(String name,String surname)
  {
         this.name=name;
         this.surname=surname;
  }
  public String getAName()
{
   return name;
 }
  public String getASurname()
{
    return surname;
}
}

And This code is OK;
I have a button in jFrame class wich adds authors in array

static int nrAuthors=0;
    private void jButton13ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
    Author[] au=new new Author[30];

       String name=jTextField22.getText();
       String surname=jTextField25.getText();
       au[nrAuthors]=new Author(name,surname);
       nrAuthors++;

        // TODO add your handling code here:
    }

And this is OK it means can compile and work properly
but in the other button
I can not have access to the au objects; created objects

private void jButton12ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
   au[i].getAName();
 
}

au.getAName();
does not work.
can somebody show me any idea pls.

[JamesCherrill]

Move the declaration of au outside the action performed method, because now it exists only within that method.

[Zaad]

Since you have declared Author[] au=new new Author[30]; in the Jbuttonactionperformed method it cannot be accessed by other methods as it is not a class variable so move this decleration to class level

[tonief]

thnx a lot.