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Thread: JOptionPane problem

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    Default JOptionPane problem

    oracle.com isnt being of any help to me at this point. heres my error

    client.java:18: cannot find symbol
    symbol  : variable frame
    location: class client
                    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(frame, "testing", "testing");
                                                  ^
    1 error
    Finished!
    Press any key to continue . . .

    heres my code

    import java.lang.Object.*;
    import javax.swing.*;
     
    public class client  {
     
    public static int message = 0;
     
    public static int random(int range) {
            return (int) (Math.random() * (range + 1));
        }
     
    	public static void main(String[] args) {
    		Message();
    		JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(frame, "testing", "testing");
    	}
     
    	public static void Message() {
    		message = random(4);
    			if (message == 0) {
    				System.out.println("");
    			} else if (message == 1) {
    				System.out.println("");
    			} else if (message == 2) {
    				System.out.println("");
    			} else if (message == 3) {
    				System.out.println("");
    			} else if (message == 4) {
    				System.out.println("");
    		}
    	}
    }


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    Default Re: JOptionPane problem

    The issue is very clear, Cannot find 'frame', you haven't declared anything called frame anywhere.
    If you just replace 'frame' with null, it will use a default frame for you.
    Please use [highlight=Java]//code goes here...[/highlight] tags when posting your code

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    Default Re: JOptionPane problem

    A classic example of copying code without understanding it.

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