Problems with initialization

[Shio Nakashima]

Hello Everyone

I really am new to Java and have hit my first hurdle.

I have declared 3 instance variables:

[B]String[/B] studentCode, name;
[B]int[/B] cost;

and created 2 objects t222 and z333. (no problems here)

I am now wanting to set the studentCode of the course object referenced by t222 to "T222" and the same for the studentCode, from z333 to "Z333".

I know what I have is not right because I keep getting the error:
incompatible types; found: student.Course, required: java.lang.String at line 29, column 12 I have

String T222;
T222 = new Course();
 
String Z333;
Z333 = new Course();
 
t222.studentCode = T222;
z333.studentCode = Z333;    

Could anyone point out to me PLEASE what I am doing wrong becuase I am going round in circles.

Any help would be much appreciated.

[marc weber]

The variable T222 is declared as type String. You're trying to assign an instance of Course to it.

A Course is not a String.

(PS: Have you seen the JavaRanch Naming Policy? You can edit your name here. Thanks!)
[ February 11, 2006: Message edited by: marc weber ]

[Keith Lynn]

Since T222, etc. are declared to be of type String, you cannot assign the reference to point to an object other than a String. (For other classes, you could point a reference to an object of that class or any of its subclasses, but String is a final class and you can't create a subclass of it.)

[Shio Nakashima]

Thank you both for answering. I have now changed the name.

Although I understand what you are saying, is it possible you could post an example so I can see where I have gone wrong.

Thanks

[Craig Tyler]

I'm trying to guess what you were trying to do, so forgive me if I go astray.

class Course
{
  String studentCode, name;
  int cost;
}

So, the following would work:

Course t222 = new Course();
Course z333 = new Course();
t222.studentCode = "T222";
z333.studentCode = "Z333";

[Shio Nakashima]

Thank you Craig, I see it now....feeling pretty foolish but glad that I found this message board.

Thanks again.