Thread: cents to dollars and cents program

Hello, I am trying to create a program that allows a user to input cents into a textfield and then the program converts the cents to dollars and cents. I have a good bit of it written I think/hope. Anyways I need some help on some errors that I do not know how to fix.

My first error in this code when I go to compile is right after the comment:
//Add the panel to the frame
the error says that it cannot find symbol - method add(NamePanel)
any suggestions

import javax.swing.*;
 
public class MoneyPanel
{
   public static void main(String [] args)
   {
    //Create a frame
    JFrame frame = new JFrame("Name Example");
    //End the program when the frame is closed
    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    //Create a NamePanel
    NamePanel panel = new NamePanel();
    //Add the panel to the frame
    frame.getContentPane().add(panel);
    //Set the size of the frame
    frame.pack();
    //Make it visible
    frame.setVisible(true);
    }
}

Now for the other part of the program. I get an error right after the comment:

//Add components to this panel
The error says "cannot find symbol - method add(javax.swing.JTextField)
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import static java.lang.System.out;
 
public class NamePanel
{
    //Constants known through all of the class
    private final int PANEL_HEIGHT = 100;
    private final int PANEL_WIDTH = 250;
    private final Color BACK_COLOR = Color.ORANGE;
 
    //Text field for cents to be input
    private JTextField text;
 
    //Label to show cents converted to dollars and cents
    private JLabel Solution;
 
    /**
     *  Constructor for NamePanel initializes the text field
     *  several labels and such
     */
    public NamePanel()
    {
    //Initialize text area to be 10 characters wide
    text = new JTextField(10);
 
    //Register a listener
    text.addActionListener(new MyTextListener());
 
    //Initialize the label
    Solution = new JLabel("");
 
    //Add components to this panel
    add(text);
    add(Solution);
 
    //Set the size
    setPreferredSize(new Dimension(PANEL_WIDTH, PANEL_HEIGHT));
 
    //Set the color
    setBackground(BACK_COLOR);
    }
 
    //Internal Listener with access to the variables
    private class MyTextListener implements ActionListener
    {
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
        {
            //Read in the string typed by the user
            String totalCents = text.getText();
 
            //Parse the string into Int
            int value = Integer.parseInt(totalCents);
 
            //Converts cents to dollars and cents
            int dollars = value  / 100;
            int cents = value % 100;
 
            //Setting the text shown by labels
 
            Solution.setText("The cents entered equal: $" + dollars + "." + cents);
        }
    }
}

Any help/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thank You,
roaster

I believe it's not letting you add because your NamePanel class doesn't extend Component (or some other class).