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Java Java Data Structures - Retired Getting There Class Review

Posted by Pedro Araya
Pedro Araya
1,912 Points

I have an error and I don't know what to do.

Picked up JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS: -Xmx128m
Picked up _JAVA_OPTIONS: -Xmx128m
./com/teamtreehouse/Treet.java:12: error: cannot find symbol
mDescription = description;
^
symbol: variable mDescription
location: class Treet
./com/teamtreehouse/Treet.java:21: error: cannot find symbol
return mDescription;
^
symbol: variable mDescription
location: class Treet
2 errors

Pedro Araya
Pedro Araya
1,912 Points

No idea :/

Gabe Olesen
Gabe Olesen
1,606 Points

Can you paste all your code using Markdown?

Don't get much from this, sorry.

4 Answers

Roxanne Ryan
PLUS
Roxanne Ryan
Courses Plus Student 5,089 Points
Roxanne Ryan
Roxanne Ryan
Courses Plus Student 5,089 Points

Here's a link to a stack overflow discussion that covers "cannot find symbol" error: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25706216/what-does-a-cannot-find-symbol-compilation-error-mean

If you post your code, I'd be happy to see if I can help. :)

Kentessa Fanfair
Kentessa Fanfair
11,261 Points
Kentessa Fanfair
Kentessa Fanfair
11,261 Points

There's not much to go with from your post but my guess is that you probably misspelt something in the declaration. Check and make sure that you declared the variable with an uppercase String or the variable identifier is actually mDescription

Aakash Srivastav
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Aakash Srivastav
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 11,638 Points
Aakash Srivastav
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Aakash Srivastav
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 11,638 Points

Yes . Kentessa Fanfair right. You may have misspell the variable name mDescription.

HImanshu Shukla
HImanshu Shukla
703 Points
HImanshu Shukla
HImanshu Shukla
703 Points

make sure you have declared a String member in your class named mDescription.