Question

Hey guys sorry this is a pretty long question but I cannot call printPASSInfo() to another class using pm.printPASSInfo(). pm is the name I named the class that the method I am trying to call is in. I can call the method pm.printSSNInfo just fine I do not understand what is going wrong. I am sorry this is probably confusing and very long but please try to help. Thanks guys! Heres my code:

import java.util.Scanner; 

public class Prog1Methods_FA11 {
    String ssn, pw, phoneNumber,line;
    Scanner input = new Scanner (System.in);
    boolean validPW_Length = true, 
            validPW_Symbols = true, 
            validPW_enough_Digits = true;
    boolean validSSN_Digits = true, 
            validSSN_Format = true, 
            validSSN_Length = true;
    boolean validPhone_Symbols = true, 
            validPhone_Format = true, 
            validPhone_Length = true;

    public Prog1Methods_FA11() {

    }


    // you may insert a method here to display password status
    public void printPASSInfo(){
        System.out.println("\t Password Information");
        System.out.println("The Password:\t" + pw);
        System.out.println("Password Lrngth:\t" + validPW_Length);
        System.out.println("Password has minimum number of digits:\t" + validPW_enough_Digits);
        System.out.println("Password has correct symbols:\t" + validPW_Symbols);
    }

    // you may insert a method here to display the phone number status

}

and here is where I am trying to call it:

case 2:     System.out.println("Enter a password witha atleast 8 characters and atleast 2 numbers:\t");
                        pw = input.nextLine();
                        pm.readAndVerifyPASS(pw);
                        pm.printPASSInfo();
                        break;

and the comile error:

MySkeletonProgram1_FA11.java:53: cannot find symbol
symbol  : method printPASSInfo()
location: class Prog1Methods_FA11
                            pm.printPASSInfo();
                                                          ^
1 error

Where I declare pm object:

public class MySkeletonProgram1_FA11{
  public static void main(String[] args)throws Exception {

// Declarations

Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
Scanner input = new Scanner (System.in);
Prog1Methods_FA11 pm = new Prog1Methods_FA11();

Answer 1

I’m not sure how well I understood your question.
I just tried to reproduce the error.
So, what I’ve done.
1. File MySkeletonProgram1_FA11.java

public class MySkeletonProgram1_FA11 {

public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    Prog1Methods_FA11 pm = new Prog1Methods_FA11();
    pm.printPASSInfo();
}
}

2. File Prog1Methods_FA11.java

import java.util.Scanner;

public class Prog1Methods_FA11 {

String ssn, pw, phoneNumber, line;
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
boolean validPW_Length = true,
        validPW_Symbols = true,
        validPW_enough_Digits = true;
boolean validSSN_Digits = true,
        validSSN_Format = true,
        validSSN_Length = true;
boolean validPhone_Symbols = true,
        validPhone_Format = true,
        validPhone_Length = true;

public Prog1Methods_FA11() {
}

// you may insert a method here to display password status
public void printPASSInfo() {
    System.out.println("\t Password Information");
    System.out.println("The Password:\t" + pw);
    System.out.println("Password Lrngth:\t" + validPW_Length);
    System.out.println("Password has minimum number of digits:\t" + validPW_enough_Digits);
    System.out.println("Password has correct symbols:\t" + validPW_Symbols);
}
}

3. I’ve put both files in the same directory.
4. Compilation command

javac MySkeletonProgram1_FA11.java

Compilation finished successfully without errors and warnings.

Does it work for you? If the answer is “No”, then I think it’s a problem with your JDK. Otherwise you might want to provide additional details. What are you doing differently?