Thread: Please! Help me to this error "ERROR CANNOT FIND SYMBOL"

Hello,
Please help me to correct my error say "ERROR CANNOT FIND SYMBOL".
i'm new to java..
this is my code

public class TestTV {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
	TV tv1 = new TV();
	tv1.onTV();
	tv1.setChannel(5);
	tv1.ChannelUp();
	System.out.printIn ("I'm now on channel:" + tv1.getChannel() );
	tv1.ChannelDown();
	tv1.ChannelDown();
	System.out.printIn ("I'm now on channel:" + tv1.getChannel() );
	tv1.VolumeUp();
	tv1.VolumelUp();
	System.out.printIn ("My volume is now at:" + tv1.getVolume() );
	tv1.VolumeDown();
	System.out.printIn ("My volume is now at:" + tv1.getVolume() );
	tv1.offTV();
	}
}

the error is in the TV tv1 = new TV();
this is the screenshot.
error.jpg!
i need an answer ASAP..

thank you for your help

Hello mharck!
The error message you get is pretty clear, the compiler cannot find the TV class. Where is the TV definition? Is it in another package than the TestTV?

yup..why? what should i do?

Originally Posted by mharck

yup..why? what should i do?

Where is the TV class definition? It should be in the same folder with TVTest.

it's in the same folder

Originally Posted by mharck

it's in the same folder

Is the TV class in a package?

sorry, but what do you mean?

Originally Posted by mharck

sorry, but what do you mean?

For example:

package tv; // this means the class is inside the tv package (you give it the name you want)
 
public class TV{
    .....
}

If you are using packaging, then both of your classes should be in the same package.
ie:

package tv;  
 
public class TestTV{
    .....
}

I just noticed you execute javac in src\TestTv.java
If the classes are in the src folder then the current directory needs to be src. And then execute the javac TestTv.java

mharck,
if you don't need a "package" because of just a test you have to include the directory where your TV.class is stored in your environment variable CLASSPATH.