Java Variable name cannot be resolved to a variable

Question

I use Eclipse using Java  I get this error    Variable name  cannot be resolved to a variable    With this Java program   public class SalCal       private int hoursWorked      public SalCal String name  int hours  double hoursRate            nameEmployee   name          hoursWorked   hours          ratePrHour   hoursRate            public void setHoursWorked             hoursWorked   hours        ERROR HERE  hours cannot be resolved to a type           public double calculateSalary             if  hoursWorked  lt   40                totalSalary   ratePrHour    double  hoursWorked                    if  hoursWorked  gt  40                salaryAfter40   hoursWorked - 40              totalSalary    ratePrHour   40                     ratePrHour   1 5   salaryAfter40                     return totalSalary            What causes this error message

User · Accepted Answer

If you look at the scope of the variable 'hoursWorked' you will see that it is a member of the class (declared as private int)

The two variables you are having trouble with are passed as parameters to the constructor.

The error message is because 'hours' is out of scope in the setter.

User · Answer

I ve noticed bizarre behavior with Eclipse version 4 2 1 delivering me this error   String cannot be resolved to a variable   With this Java code   if  true      String my variable    somevalue       System out println  foobar      You would think this code is very straight forward  the conditional is true  we set my variable to somevalue   And it should print foobar   Right    Wrong  you get the above mentioned compile time error   Eclipse is trying to prevent you from making a mistake by assuming that both statements are within the if statement   If you put braces around the conditional block like this   if  true       String my variable    somevalue         System out println  foobar      Then it compiles and runs fine   Apparently poorly bracketed conditionals are fair game for generating compile time errors now

User · Answer

public void setHoursWorked        hoursWorked   hours      You haven t defined hours inside that method  hours is not passed in as a parameter  it s not declared as a variable  and it s not being used as a class member  so you get that error

[java] Java, "Variable name" cannot be resolved to a variable

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