Thread: anagram program wont compile please help

So I have to write a two class program that reads in two words or phrases from the keyboard, and then judges if the first phrase is an anagram of some of the letters in the second phrase.
Examples:
*mo / moo (yes)
* moo / mo (no)
* rip / zipper (yes)
* Clint Eastwood / Old west Action! (yes)

Algorithm Idea #1: make a scoreboard for the letters a to z. Every time you encounter a letter in the second String, up its count by 1; Then, every time you encounter a letter in the first String, lower its count by 1. Accept if the scoreboard ends up with all entries >= 0.
So far i have this but the driver class wont compile... Any help would be appreciated.
import java.util.*;

 
import java.util.*;
public class SubAnTester{
 
  public static void main(String[] args){
 
    Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
    System.out.println("Enter first String");
    String str1 = scan.nextLine();
    System.out.println("Enter second String");
    String str2 = scan.nextLine();
    strObject compstr = new strObject(str1, str2);
    str1.toLowerCase();
    str2.toLowerCase();
    compstr.runTesters();
    compstr.reportResult();   
  }
}

and the second class is

public class SubAnagram{
 
  private String str1;
  private String str2;
  private int pos;
  private char ch;
  private boolean posTester;
 
  public String strObject(String shorter, String longer){
    str1 = shorter;
    str2 = longer;
  }
 
 
  int[] charTally = new int[26];
 
  public void array1Tester(){
    for(int j=0; j<str1.length();j++){
      ch = str1.charAt(j);
      if(Character.isLetter(ch)){
        pos = ch - 'a';
        charTally[pos]++;
      }
    }
  }
  public void array2Tester(){
    for(int j=0; j<str2.length();j++){
      ch = str2.charAt(j);
      if(Character.isLetter(ch)){
        pos = ch - 'a';
        charTally[pos]--;
      }
    }
  }
  public void runTesters(){
    array2Tester();
    array1Tester();
    posTester();
 
  }
  private boolean posTester(){
    boolean isAnagram=true;
    for(int j=0; j<charTally.length; j++){
      while(charTally[j]>=0){
        return true;}
      if(charTally[j]<0){ 
       return false;
        }  
      } return isAnagram;
    }
 
    public void reportResult(){
    if(posTester){
        System.out.println(str1+" / "+str2+" (yes)");
      }
    else{
        System.out.println(str1+" / "+str2+" (no)");
      }
    }
  }

2 errors found:
File: C:\Users\Korobkov\SubAnTester.java [line: 12]
Error: C:\Users\Korobkov\SubAnTester.java:12: cannot find symbol
symbol : class strObject
location: class SubAnTester
File: C:\Users\Korobkov\SubAnTester.java [line: 12]
Error: C:\Users\Korobkov\SubAnTester.java:12: cannot find symbol
symbol : class strObject
location: class SubAnTester

I'm going to try and help by asking questions.
First tackle the error message... What does it tell you?
Line 12, can't find a symbol.
Line 12 is:

strObject compstr = new strObject(str1, str2);

The error says it can't find a symbol named strObject, do you have a class named strObject? If so, where?

You may want to relook at how you're making that constructor, take a look at my example and compare the form of my constructor to yours:

//Filename: Class1.java
public class Class1{
	public Class1(){ //this is a constructor
		System.out.println(method1()); //a call to method1 inside a println
	}
	public String method1(){ //method method1, this line says it will return a string
		return "Hello World!"; //return a string
	}
}

Things to note, the name of the constructor should be the same as the name of the class and filename. Java naming nomenclature also suggests capitalizing the first letter of a class. But in the case where SubAnTester was not created by you, and you can't edit the tester file, you can make it lowercase. Method names generally start lowercase.

hope this helps.

Thanks guys but by the time you replied i figured out everything except for this...
My code compiles fine but it always returns yes. the method posTester and reportResult need to be looked at if you could please help. booleans are so confusing sometimes when it comes to print statements. heres the new code. driver class

import java.util.*;
 
public class SubAnTester{
 
  public static void main(String[] args){
 
    Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
    System.out.println("Enter first String");
    String str1 = scan.nextLine();
    System.out.println("Enter second String");
    String str2 = scan.nextLine();
    SubAnagram c = new SubAnagram(str1, str2);
    str1=str1.toLowerCase();
    str2=str2.toLowerCase();
    c.runTesters();
    c.reportResult();   
  }
}

and the second class

public class SubAnagram{
 
  private String str1;
  private String str2;
  private int pos;
  private char ch;
  private boolean posTester;
 
  public SubAnagram(String subString, String largeString){
    str1=subString;
    str2=largeString;
  }
  private int[] charTally = new int[26];
 
  public  void array1Tester(){
    str1=str1.toLowerCase();
    for(int j=0; j<str1.length();j++){
      ch = str1.charAt(j);
      if(Character.isLetter(ch)){
        pos = ch - 'a';
        charTally[pos]++;
      }
    }
  }
  public  void array2Tester(){
    str2=str2.toLowerCase();
    for(int j=0; j<str2.length();j++){
      ch = str2.charAt(j);
      if(Character.isLetter(ch)){
        pos = ch - 'a';
        charTally[pos]--;
      }
    }
  }
  public  void runTesters(){
    array2Tester();
    array1Tester();
    posTester();
  }
 
  private boolean posTester(){
    boolean isAnagram=true;
    for(int j=0; j<26; j++){
      if((charTally[pos]<0)){
        isAnagram=false;
        break;
      }
    } return isAnagram;
  }
 
  public void reportResult(){
    if(posTester()){
      System.out.println(str1+" / "+str2+" (yes)");
    }
    else{
      System.out.println(str1+" / "+str2+" (no)");
    }
  }
}

any help would be appreciated.

The current issue is in posTester(), this line :

 if((charTally[pos]<0)){