Accessing method variables

[Dreamer]

I have this problem accessing variables of a class from another class. I'll make a simple example to try and make myself clear.....

public class temp
  {
     public void temp()
       {
          String [] abc = new String [200];
          abc[1] = "johnsmith";
          abc[2] = "smithjohn";
       }
  }

public class accessTemp
  {
     public void accessTemp()
       {
          temp x = new temp();
          System.out.println(x.abc[1]);
       }
   }

An error message tells me: "cannot find symbol variable abc". Why does class accessTemp cannot access variable 'abc[1]' through instance of class temp 'x'?

Thanks!

[Phaelax]

because abs only exists with temp() method, because that is where you defined it. Declare the variable in the class but outside any methods or constructors. Also, temp() is not a constructor because you defined a return type. Constructors have no return types

public class Temp
{
    public String[] abc = new String[200];
    
    public Temp()
    {
         abc[0] = "johnsmith";
         abc[1] = "smithjohn";
    }
}