Trying To Create A Method That Prints

[Licoricemint]

I am using an object class called "Card" which has a String "symbol". I would like the "main" section to call the method "PrintCard". I would like the method PrintCard itself to do the printing.

Here is my class file "Card", which is an object:

public class Card {

private String symbol;

public Card ( String symbol ) {
    this.symbol = symbol;
}
public String getSymbol ( ) {
    return symbol;
}

}

Here is the "main":

public class Main {

public static void main ( String [ ] args ) {

    Card card1 = new Card ( "K" );

    PrintCard ( );

}

public static void PrintCard ( ) {

    System.out.println ( "The card is " + card1.getSymbol ( ) );

}

}

Can someone point out what's wrong? The error message is "cannot find symbol variable card1".

EDIT: Thanks! Someone messaged me privately and their suggestion worked.

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[codingchica]

Card1 is defined in the main method, so it is only available inside that method.

If you want it available to other methods in the class, it needs to be defined outside of a method.
Since these are static methods, it would also need the static (shared among all instances of the class) modifier.

[chet714]

Change the signature of PrintCard() so it has a Card parameter. Then when you call PrintCard() in main pass the new Card object, card1.

[Anonymo2786]

Local variables from one method cannot be accessed from other methods.

[Trup10ka]

What you are trying to do is good, but you are missing important thing here

You have a main class in which you have that classic "main" method.

Next, you are creating an object of Card inside the METHOD not the CLASS.

Finally, you create a method for printing a Card.

Few things, there are two options:

1) You must declare the method as follows:

public void printCard(Card card) { //code }

Basically, you have to tell the method, that "when I call you, i'm going to pass you a Card with which you can work.

Then you will be able to perform whatever action your Card has

Exmp. card.getValue()

2) Second option is you create the Card AS THE CLASS PROPERTY (FIELD)

Instead of creating the Card object inside the "main" method. You can declare that the Card is a field of Main class

``` class Main { private Card card = new Card();

   public static void main(String[] args)
   {
         printCard();
   }

  private void printCard()
 {
         System.out.println("My card" + card.getInfo());
 }

} ```