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KingGrumpz

Fri Jan 11, 2013 5:55 pm


Cannot Find Symbol (checked all obvious problems)

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Can someone tell why I keep getting a "Cannot find symbol" error in the code  below


import java.util.Scanner;
import java.io.File;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.media.Player;
import javax.media.Manager;

public class Mp3Player
{

   public static void main (String

Mod Edit:

Please wrap you code in either of the following in order to preserve whitespace (indentation) and to highlight the syntax.
 ... code ... 

[code] ... code ... [/code ]
[/code]


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Insectoid

Fri Jan 11, 2013 6:03 pm


RE:Cannot Find Symbol (checked all obvious problems)

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What symbol can it not find, and on what line is the error?


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KingGrumpz

Fri Jan 11, 2013 7:29 pm


Re: Cannot Find Symbol (checked all obvious problems)

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}while (x != 2);
              ^
  symbol:   variable x
  location: class Mp3Player
1 error


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Insectoid

Fri Jan 11, 2013 7:48 pm


RE:Cannot Find Symbol (checked all obvious problems)

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Where are you declaring x?


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KingGrumpz

Sat Jan 12, 2013 8:27 am


Re: Cannot Find Symbol (checked all obvious problems)

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Line 21 (int x = 0; )


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Insectoid

Sat Jan 12, 2013 8:42 am


RE:Cannot Find Symbol (checked all obvious problems)

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Do you think there might be a better place to declare it?


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KingGrumpz

Sat Jan 12, 2013 3:04 pm


Re: Cannot Find Symbol (checked all obvious problems)

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I have declared it in multiple places. none worked.


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Dreadnought

Sat Jan 12, 2013 3:47 pm


Re: Cannot Find Symbol (checked all obvious problems)

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Do you understand why the following will not work?
[code]int x = 0;
while (x != 1) {
    int x = 1;
}[/code]


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KingGrumpz

Sun Jan 13, 2013 10:00 am


Re: Cannot Find Symbol (checked all obvious problems)

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I got fed up and just used a while(true), but thanks for the help.