Thread: Help with Java homework

I am having some trouble with my programming fundamentals class lab. I am getting errors and i can't figure out what is wrong. I'm not sure what the proper etiquette is for posting code so i am sorry if this goes against the proper way of doing it.

MovieGuide.java:24: error: cannot find symbol
numStarsString = Input.nextLine();
^
symbol: variable Input
location: class MovieGuide
MovieGuide.java:34: error: cannot find symbol
numStarsString = input.nextLine();
^
symbol: variable input
location: class MovieGuide
2 errors
Error: Could not find or load main class MovieGuide

import java.util.Scanner;
 
public class MovieGuide 
{
	public static void main(String args[])
	{
		Scanner s = new Scanner(System.in);
		// Declare and initialize variables.
		double numStars;         // star rating.
		String numStarsString; 	 // string version of star rating
		double averageStars;  	 // average star rating.
		double totalStars = 0; 	 // total of star ratings.
		int numPatrons = 0;      // keep track of number of patrons
 
 
		// This is the work done in the housekeeping() method
		// Get input.
		System.out.println("Enter the number of stars: ");
        numStarsString = Input.nextLine();                                                            I get an error on this line, Cannot find symbol.
 
        // This is the work done in the detailLoop() method
        numStars = Double.parseDouble(numStarsString);
		// Convert to double.
		// Write while loop here
		while(numStars >=0 && numStars <= 4){
            totalStars = totalStars + numStars;
            numPatrons++;
            System.out.println("Enter the number of stars: ");
            numStarsString = input.nextLine();                                                         I get the same error on this line.
            numStars = Double.parseDouble(numStarsString);
                // This is the work done in the detailLoop() method
		// Convert to double.
		numStars = Double.parseDouble(numStarsString);
        }
                // This is the work done in the endOfJob() method
		// Calculate average star rating
		averageStars = totalStars / numPatrons;
		System.out.println("Average Star Value: " + averageStars); 
 
		System.exit(0);
	} // End of main() method.
 
} // End of MovieGuide class.[COLOR="Silver"]
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Oh wow, first time posting and it looked like it was going to have the spaces in there. Sorry

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MovieGuide.java:24: error: cannot find symbol
numStarsString = Input.nextLine();
^
symbol: variable Input

The compiler can not find a declaration for the variable: Input.
Where is that variable defined? Check the code to see what the variable name should be.

input was a better name than s. Variable names should describe what values they contain.