Cannot find symbol errors

**UM68** · September 25th, 2013, 01:37 PM

Getting "cannot find symbol" errors at 66 and 116. I don't see any spelling errors and the variables are declared, so not sure why I'm getting the errors.

This program prints out: current account balance, balance after making a deposit, balance after making a withdraw and balance after calculating the interest.

 
class Account {
 
//Declare the variables
 
	private String name;
	private double deposit;
	private double withdraw;
	private double balance;
	private double intrate;
 
//Declare getter and setter methods
 
	public String getName()			{
		return name;
	}
 
	public double getDeposit()		{
		return deposit;
	}
 
	public double getWithraw()		{
		return withdraw;							
	}
 
	public double getBalance()		{
		return balance;
	}
 
	public double getIntrate()		{
		return intrate;
	}
 
	public void setName(String n)		{
		name = n;
	}
 
	public void setDeposit(double d)	{
		deposit = d;
	}
 
	public void setWithdraw(double w)	{
		withdraw = w;
	}
 
	public void setBalance(double b)	{
		balance = b;
	}
 
	public void setIntrate(double i)	{
		intrate = i;
	}
 
 
//Calculate the balance after the deposit.
 
	public double BalAfterDeposit()	{
		double balance = balance + deposit;
		return balance;
	}
 
//Calculate the balance after the withdraw.
 
	public double BalAfterWithdraw() {
		double balance = balance - withdraw;
		if (balance < withdraw)	{
	          System.println("Error. Balance not enough to cover withdraw.");
		}
 
		else {
			return balance;
		}
	}
 
}
 
	class AccountTestDrive	{
 
	public static void main (String[] args)	{
 
	//Create an array that holds 2 new accounts
 
		Account[] owner;
		owner = new Account[2];
 
		owner[0] = new Account();
 
			owner[0].setName("Joe");
			owner[0].setBalance(5000);
			owner[0].setDeposit(7000);
			owner[0].setWithdraw(1000);
 
			System.out.println("Account Owner1 Name:" + 			
 
			owner[0].getName());
 
			System.out.println("Account Owner1 Current Balance:" + 		
 
			owner[0].getBalance());
 
			System.out.println("Account Owner1 Balance after Deposit:" 	
 
			+ owner[0].BalAfterDeposit());
 
			System.out.println("Account Owner1 Balance after Withdraw:" 
 
			+ owner[0].BalAfterWithdraw());
 
 
		owner[1] = new Account();
 
			owner[1].setName("Mary");
			owner[1].setBalance(3000);
			owner[1].setDeposit(4000);
			owner[1].setWithdraw(2000);
 
			System.out.println("Account Owner2 Name:" + 			
 
			owner[1].getName());
 
			System.out.println("Account Owner2 Current Balance:" + 		
 
			owner[1].getBalance());
 
			System.out.println("Account Owner2 Balance after Deposit:" 	
 
			+ owner[1].BalAfterDeposit());
 
			System.out.println("Account Owner2 Balance after Withdraw:" 
 
			+ owner[1].BalAfterWithdraw());
 
			System.out.println("Account Owner2 Balance with Interest:" 	
 
			+ owner[1].add_monthly_interest());
	}
  }
	//Class SavingsAccount inherits methods and instances from Account
 
		class SavingsAccount extends Account	{
 
			double intrate = 0.05;
 
			public double add_monthly_interest() {
			 double balance = balance + (balance * intrate/12);
			 return balance;
			}
 
		}

**KevinWorkman** · September 25th, 2013, 01:47 PM

What exact lines are the errors on? I can't count that high...

**UM68** · September 25th, 2013, 01:51 PM

 
System.println("Error. Balance not enough to cover withdraw.");

and

 
 
System.out.println("Account Owner2 Balance with Interest:" + owner[1].add_monthly_interest());

**aussiemcgr** · September 25th, 2013, 02:03 PM

While not knowing the exact lines you are having errors, I can tell you that the Account class doesn't have an add_monthly_interest method, so you cannot invoke that method on an Account object. You did create a class that extends Account (SavingsAccount) which has that method, but the Account class itself does not. When you created your second Account in your main, you attempt to call the add_monthly_interest() method on it. That should throw a compile error. Even if you did create the second Account as a SavingsAccount in your main, you cannot call that method from a generic Account object (which is what you get from owner[1] since your array contains Account objects), since that method doesn't exist for an Account object.
Also, you are creating a second intrate variable in your SavingsAccount class. I'm not sure of the exact effect of doing this (and I can't be bothered writing up a test program to see), but I would guess that your add_monthly_interest() method would use the intrate variable you created in the SavingsAccount class, while every method you inherited from the Account class will use Account's private intrate variable. If your intention is to initiate the intrate variable, you need to do so in a constructor. Also, since the intrate variable in Account is "private", you will have to either use the setters and getters to manipulate the value in the SavingsAccount class, or make the intrate variable "protected" (or "public" if you don't care about scope). Remember: "private" variables and methods are NOT accessible from a child class. They are still inherited, but they are out of the scope of the child class. "Protected" and "Public" variables and methods are accessible from a child class.

**UM68** · September 25th, 2013, 07:13 PM

I'm able to compile and run the program but I think it runs for the wrong reasons. The add_monthly_interest() method for calculating the balance with interest was suppose to take place in the SavingsAccount class. I tried to make add_monthly_interest() an abstract method in the Account class and then put the code for calculating the balance with interest in the add_monthly_interest() method in the SavingsAccount class but I got errors.

Now, the SavingsAccount class is abstract as is the add_monthly_interest() method in the SavingsAccount class but that's not what I wanted, eventhough the program compiles.

 
class Account {
 
//Declare the variables
 
	private String name;
	protected double balance;
	private double deposit;	
	private double withdraw;
	protected double intrate;
 
//Declare getter and setter methods
 
	public String getName()			{
		return name;
	}
 
	public double getDeposit()		{
		return deposit;
	}
 
	public double getWithraw()		{
		return withdraw;							
	}
 
	public double getBalance()		{
		return balance;
	}
 
	public double getIntrate()		{
		return intrate;
	}
 
	public void setName(String n)		{
		name = n;
	}
 
	public void setDeposit(double d)	{
		deposit = d;
	}
 
	public void setWithdraw(double w)	{
		withdraw = w;
	}
 
	public void setBalance(double b)	{
		balance = b;
	}
 
	public void setIntrate(double i)	{
		intrate = i;
	}
 
 
//Calculate the balance after the deposit.
 
	public double BalAfterDeposit()	{
		double total = balance + deposit;
		return total;
	}
 
//Calculate the balance after the withdraw.
 
	public double BalAfterWithdraw() {
 
 
		double total = balance - withdraw;
		return total;
 
	}
 
 
	public double add_monthly_interest()	{
		double intrate = 0.05;
		double total = balance + (balance * intrate)/12;
		return total;
	}
 
 
}
 
	class AccountTestDrive	{
 
	public static void main (String[] args)	{
 
	//Create an array that holds 2 new accounts
 
		Account[] owner;
		owner = new Account[2];
 
		owner[0] = new Account();
 
			owner[0].setName("Joe");
			owner[0].setBalance(5000);
			owner[0].setDeposit(7000);
			owner[0].setWithdraw(1000);
 
			System.out.println("Account Owner1 Name:" + 			
 
			owner[0].getName());
 
			System.out.println("Account Owner1 Current Balance:" + 		
 
			owner[0].getBalance());
 
			System.out.println("Account Owner1 Balance after Deposit:" 	
 
			+ owner[0].BalAfterDeposit());
 
			System.out.println("Account Owner1 Balance after Withdraw:" 
 
			+ owner[0].BalAfterWithdraw());
 
 
 
 
		owner[1] = new Account();
 
			owner[1].setName("Mary");
			owner[1].setBalance(3000);
			owner[1].setDeposit(4000);
			owner[1].setWithdraw(2000);
 
			System.out.println("Account Owner2 Name:" + 			
 
			owner[1].getName());
 
			System.out.println("Account Owner2 Current Balance:" + 		
 
			owner[1].getBalance());
 
			System.out.println("Account Owner2 Balance after Deposit:" 	
 
			+ owner[1].BalAfterDeposit());
 
			System.out.println("Account Owner2 Balance after Withdraw:" 
 
			+ owner[1].BalAfterWithdraw());
 
			System.out.println("Account Owner2 Balance with interest:" 	
 
			+ owner[1].add_monthly_interest());
 
 
 
 
	}
  }
 
	abstract class SavingsAccount extends Account	{
		public abstract double add_monthly_interest();
 
	}

**aussiemcgr** · September 25th, 2013, 09:49 PM

SavingsAccount probably shouldn't be abstract. You cannot initialize abstract classes. If anything, Account should be abstract and should contain an abstract add_monthly_interest() method. But, that would mean that you could not initialize an Account object (although you could initialize all of your accounts as SavingsAccounts, if that's what you wanted). If you don't want Account to be abstract, the best I can suggest is to just include an add_monthly_interest() method that just doesn't do anything (perhaps returns 0 or something). You can then override that method in your SavingsAccount class, when you inherit the Account class, and provide SavingsAccount with the implementation that you want.

**KevinWorkman** · September 26th, 2013, 08:07 AM

Originally Posted by UM68

 
System.println("Error. Balance not enough to cover withdraw.");

Look really carefully at this line. Where in the API does it show that the System class has a println() function?

**UM68** · September 26th, 2013, 01:24 PM

I tried putting a add_monthly_interest() method in the Account class. Declared it public so it could be inherited by the SavingsAccount class. I tried to make it so the method does nothing in the Account class then could be overridden in the SavingsAccount class. I tried return null but get an error saying "incompatible types".

If I make the add_monthly_interest() method in Account of type void then of course I get an error saying the add_monthly_interest() method in SavingsAccount cannot override since double is not compatible with void.

Here's my updated code:

 
class Account {
 
//Declare the variables
 
	private String name;
	protected double balance;
	private double deposit;	
	private double withdraw;
	protected double intrate;
 
//Declare getter and setter methods
 
	public String getName()			{
		return name;
	}
 
	public double getDeposit()		{
		return deposit;
	}
 
	public double getWithraw()		{
		return withdraw;							
	}
 
	public double getBalance()		{
		return balance;
	}
 
	public double getIntrate()		{
		return intrate;
	}
 
	public void setName(String n)		{
		name = n;
	}
 
	public void setDeposit(double d)	{
		deposit = d;
	}
 
	public void setWithdraw(double w)	{
		withdraw = w;
	}
 
	public void setBalance(double b)	{
		balance = b;
	}
 
	public void setIntrate(double i)	{
		intrate = i;
	}
 
 
//Calculate the balance after the deposit.
 
	public double BalAfterDeposit()	{
		double total = balance + deposit;
		return total;
	}
 
//Calculate the balance after the withdraw.
 
	public double BalAfterWithdraw() {
 
 
		double total = balance - withdraw;
		return total;
 
	}
 
	public double add_monthly_interest()	{
		return null;	
	}
 
 
 
}
 
 
 
 
	class AccountTestDrive	{
 
	public static void main (String[] args)	{
 
	//Create an array that holds 2 new accounts
 
		Account[] owner;
		owner = new Account[2];
 
		owner[0] = new Account();
 
			owner[0].setName("Joe");
			owner[0].setBalance(5000);
			owner[0].setDeposit(7000);
			owner[0].setWithdraw(1000);
 
			System.out.println("Account Owner1 Name:" + 			
 
			owner[0].getName());
 
			System.out.println("Account Owner1 Current Balance:" + 		
 
			owner[0].getBalance());
 
			System.out.println("Account Owner1 Balance after Deposit:" 	
 
			+ owner[0].BalAfterDeposit());
 
			System.out.println("Account Owner1 Balance after Withdraw:" 
 
			+ owner[0].BalAfterWithdraw());
 
 
 
 
		owner[1] = new Account();
 
			owner[1].setName("Mary");
			owner[1].setBalance(3000);
			owner[1].setDeposit(4000);
			owner[1].setWithdraw(2000);
 
			System.out.println("Account Owner2 Name:" + 			
 
			owner[1].getName());
 
			System.out.println("Account Owner2 Current Balance:" + 		
 
			owner[1].getBalance());
 
			System.out.println("Account Owner2 Balance after Deposit:" 	
 
			+ owner[1].BalAfterDeposit());
 
			System.out.println("Account Owner2 Balance after Withdraw:" 
 
			+ owner[1].BalAfterWithdraw());
 
			System.out.println("Account Owner2 Balance with interest:" 	
 
			+ owner[1].add_monthly_interest());
 
 
 
 
	}
  }
 
	class SavingsAccount extends Account	{
	 public double add_monthly_interest() {
		double intrate = 0.05;
		double total = balance + (balance * intrate)/12;
		return total;
	   }
 
 
	}

**aussiemcgr** · September 26th, 2013, 02:02 PM

"Null" is only valid for object. double is not an object, it is a primitive. The "default" value for a double is 0. I suppose if you really really wanted to return null, you could turn the return type into a Double object (notice upper case instead of lowercase). Depending on your IDE, you may get some boxing warnings, but it will compile.

**UM68** · September 26th, 2013, 02:41 PM

Yes, it did compile when the following statement was placed in the Account class:

 
System.out.println("Account Owner2 Balance with interest:" + 		
 
owner[1].add_monthly_interest());

However, the output was "Account Owner2 balance with interest: 0"

The add_monthly_interest() method in SavingAccount didn't override the same method in Account class.

So then I moved the

System.out.println("Account Owner2 Balance with interest:" + 		
 
		owner[1].add_monthly_interest());

statement down into the SavingsAccount class and get a bunch of errors: ; expected, ) expected, and illegal start of type and identifier expected.

They all reference that one statement.

Updated code:

 
class Account {
 
//Declare the variables
 
	private String name;
	protected double balance;
	private double deposit;	
	private double withdraw;
	protected double intrate;
 
//Declare getter and setter methods
 
	public String getName()			{
		return name;
	}
 
	public double getDeposit()		{
		return deposit;
	}
 
	public double getWithraw()		{
		return withdraw;							
	}
 
	public double getBalance()		{
		return balance;
	}
 
	public double getIntrate()		{
		return intrate;
	}
 
	public void setName(String n)		{
		name = n;
	}
 
	public void setDeposit(double d)	{
		deposit = d;
	}
 
	public void setWithdraw(double w)	{
		withdraw = w;
	}
 
	public void setBalance(double b)	{
		balance = b;
	}
 
	public void setIntrate(double i)	{
		intrate = i;
	}
 
 
//Calculate the balance after the deposit.
 
	public double BalAfterDeposit()	{
		double total = balance + deposit;
		return total;
	}
 
//Calculate the balance after the withdraw.
 
	public double BalAfterWithdraw() {
 
 
		double total = balance - withdraw;
		return total;
 
	}
 
	public double add_monthly_interest()	{
		return 0;	
	}
 
 
 
}
 
 
 
 
	class AccountTestDrive	{
 
	public static void main (String[] args)	{
 
	//Create an array that holds 2 new accounts
 
		Account[] owner;
		owner = new Account[2];
 
		owner[0] = new Account();
 
			owner[0].setName("Joe");
			owner[0].setBalance(5000);
			owner[0].setDeposit(7000);
			owner[0].setWithdraw(1000);
 
			System.out.println("Account Owner1 Name:" + 			
 
			owner[0].getName());
 
			System.out.println("Account Owner1 Current Balance:" + 		
 
			owner[0].getBalance());
 
			System.out.println("Account Owner1 Balance after Deposit:" 	
 
			+ owner[0].BalAfterDeposit());
 
			System.out.println("Account Owner1 Balance after Withdraw:" 
 
			+ owner[0].BalAfterWithdraw());
 
 
 
 
		owner[1] = new Account();
 
			owner[1].setName("Mary");
			owner[1].setBalance(3000);
			owner[1].setDeposit(4000);
			owner[1].setWithdraw(2000);
 
			System.out.println("Account Owner2 Name:" + 			
 
			owner[1].getName());
 
			System.out.println("Account Owner2 Current Balance:" + 		
 
			owner[1].getBalance());
 
			System.out.println("Account Owner2 Balance after Deposit:" 	
 
			+ owner[1].BalAfterDeposit());
 
			System.out.println("Account Owner2 Balance after Withdraw:" 
 
			+ owner[1].BalAfterWithdraw());
 
 
 
 
 
 
	}
  }
 
	class SavingsAccount extends Account	{
	 public double add_monthly_interest() {
		double intrate = 0.05;
		double total = balance + (balance * intrate)/12;
		return total;
	   }
		System.out.println("Account Owner2 Balance with interest:" + 		
 
		owner[1].add_monthly_interest()); 			        
 
	}

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