Cannot find symbol in Java array

Question

This is my code, but the system said

cannot find symbol in this code "Book[ ] books = new Book[size];".

How I can fix it?

The only reason for that error is that there is no `Book` class. If you have defined one in a different package, you need to import it. — Andy Turner, Apr 14 '16 at 10:03
Do you have a class called `Book`? Is it in the same package as the class that you've shown here? If not, do you know how an `import` statement works? — Dawood ibn Kareem, Apr 14 '16 at 10:03

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 14 '16 at 10:11

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at file start, you are probably missing a:

import something.something.Book;

in eclipse, go to error line, control+1, Import ... (first item of popup item). Otherwise, you are missing the whole Book class:

class Book {
    private String title;
    private int isbn;
    private int quantity;

    public Book(String title, int isbn, int quantity) {
        this.title = title;
        this.isbn = isbn;
        this.quantity = quantity;
    }
}

answered Apr 14 '16 at 10:11

Exceptyon

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I try to import it but it said "package something.something does not exist" – Haner Zhang Apr 14 '16 at 10:29
yeah, "something.something" was a placeholder, you must put there the name of the package your class is in (first line of the file you posted says something like package "*something.something*";) – Exceptyon Apr 14 '16 at 10:32

Cannot find symbol in Java array

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