i have 2 classes (student & computer)
i need to be able to assign an instance of computer to an instance of
student and make it so no other instance of student can assign that same
instance of computer.

I am using System.out.print() inside a for loop to print a series of
items to the screen on the same line.  After the for loop has
completed, I want the next series of items to print to a new line
(instead of printing to the same line as the first series).  What is

How can I store different class of object like cats, dogs, birds by
Vector(), and then retrieve their information or attributes? Thx for
helping
example like below

why do i get thsi error message:
non-static method getType()cannot be referenced from a static context
my code below:
if (ContractLength < 4 &&

I'm getting the following two errors:
C:\Documents and Settings\Richard\Semester\Student.java:17: cannot find
symbol
symbol  : constructor CollegeCourse()

im creating a somthing that will simulate a computer rental service for
students (uni homework), but im having problems.
i want to be able to check if another instance has "type" (bieng a
variable to store the type of computer) as desktop and if it has and the

How do I check if the value of a variable in another instance is true.
code below:
(type is the variable in another instance called Computer.
if (ContractLength < 4 && type.equalsIgnoreCase ("desktop"))

    I am reading "Beginning Java2 jdk 5 Edition" by Horton. On page 56 is
the following paragraph....
The IEEEremainder() method  produces the remainder from arg 1 after dividing
arg 2 into arg 1 the integral number of times  that is closest to the exact

I am familiar with vba for excel. there you type in any case, the code
staements are automatically changed to correct  case. In java
programming it is notdone. Even though I have vague notion when the
case should be upper case is there any rule .  for e.g in the statement

I would like to know the newsgroup which can help me, an absolute
begnner in java programming. I have a book (may be old edition) "Java
progamming for absolue beginner" by Joseph e russel.  can I post my
questions in this newsgrourp  <comp.lang.java.help>

From a newbie
I have made a simple Applet that call a Frame obj.
     Public class Applet1 extends Applet{
     .

According to Wikipedia, one of the core concepts of OOP is
Encapsulation; being defined as follows: "ensuring that users of an
object cannot change the internal state of the object in unexpected
ways; only the object's own internal methods are allowed to access its

Hi from a newbe.
I have read some articles over Java and that took my interest. I have bought
a number of books and works out the samples. My ages is 73 and I have
experience with macros etc in spread sheets and have done some work in

pls, what is this error?  I have never gotten this error before, and
exact same error occurs both on my tomcat at home and at work, when I
compile this file..  sH is a helper class I use in all my Tomcat webapps
to generate HTML code in servlets..  sH.class is in same package as

I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask, but... I've been using jv16 Power Tools to clean up a machine and my
does it find some crud. One tool searches out duplicate files, it found that there are hundreds of duplicates, many of
them in C:\Program Files\Java...  For instance ...