ReadItem help pls

[thejihad]

hey, I am unable to use the ReadItem method, along with .getNumber and .getLine, etc., but it gives me an error saying "cannot find symbol".
I have used some code I know is correct and I did not write myself and the same error persists. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

thank you

[Phaelax]

We cant help you with methods from a class that we dont know. Some code would help us.

[thejihad]

this program is supposed to read in a first and last name and the print out the first letter of the name followed by the last name, i.e.
john doe > j. doe

as you can tell im new to java so if im not making something clear just tell me


public class Pgm04 {

public static void main (String[] args) {

String aName;

// Read in the name
System.out.print ("Enter a name as first last: ");
aName = ReadItem.getLine();

// Process output
System.out.println (aName.charAt(0) + ". " + aName.substring(aName.indexOf(' ') + 1));
}
}

[NPH]

The error is in the following line:

aName = ReadItem.getLine();

It appears that the object called 'ReadItem' is not defined. You have to create it first. Here is an example (it might not work b/c I don't know what type of object ReadItem is):

PUT_TYPE_HERE ReadItem = new PUT_TYPE_HERE();

Replace PUT_TYPE_HERE with the actual type of 'ReadItem'

Hope this helps.

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