Question

sorry if this is a simple question but i am new to java and rather frustrated.
i have a class Hostel and a class Main. in the Hostel class i have the variable myString and i am trying to use it to occupy a textarea called output in Main when button findRoomB is clicked but i am told the variable cannot be found.

Below is the code in the Main class where the error is shown

findRoomB.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
{
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
        {
            HostelClass find = new HostelClass();
            ouput.setText(myString);
        }
});

error: cannot find symbol
symbol: variable myString

any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

You need to retrieve myString from the find instance of HostelClass:

output.setText(find.getMyString())

or

// if you're using direct access of a public member, but I don't recommended this
output.setText(find.myString)