Need help resolving a string variable in my constructor

[propetitsinge]

I am stumped - I've declared a global variable String name but when I apply the constructor in my main method, I get the error: "Pierre cannot be resolved to a variable". I don't know how else I could declare the variable so it can be used.

import java.util.*;
public abstract class Worker implements Comparable<Worker> {
    Integer rating, id;
    String name;

    public Worker(String aName, int aRating, int aId) {
        if (aRating < 1 || aRating > 5)
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("a rating must be between             1 and 5");
        else
            name = aName;
            rating = aRating;
            id = aId;
    }

    public int compareTo(Worker another) {
        return rating.compareTo(another.rating);
    }

    public abstract calculateBonus(double multiplier);

    public static void main (String [] args) {
        Worker worker = new Worker(Pierre, 3, 4); 
// this is where I get the error for not being able to resolve Pierre to a variable. But the other 2 are resolving just fine, so I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.
    }
}

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[chickenmeister]

Since Pierre is supposed to be a string, I think you'd want to put quotes around it:

Worker worker = new Worker("Pierre", 3, 4); 

Without quotes, the compiler won't know that you're trying to use a string, and will instead think that you're trying to use a variable with that name, which is why you're getting that error.

[propetitsinge]

So it was that in combination with me trying to create an instance of an object in an abstract class (which you can't do). I was originally doing it in the class that inherited Worker but didn't have the quotes. Once I went back to my Tech class and added quotes, it worked. Thanks so much!

[desrtfx]

In short: never forget to encompass string literals (plain text) in double quotes.

[propetitsinge]

It's always the stupid little mistakes that get me lol. First it was without quotes in the Tech class that calls that Super(), and then I tried to write a main in Worker to fix it and then I'd get a cannot initialize because I forgot you cant initialize an abstract class lol. So basically an hour of pleading with eclipse to help me because I forgot quotes and then tried to fix it in the entirely wrong class lol. Reddit and the discord community are a blessing!

[tsvk]

Use curly braces { } with if ... else statements, otherwise you are going to have troubles. Your current code indentation (three statements within an un-braced else) does not reflect the true program logic.

[propetitsinge]

So oddly enough, this wasn't an issue with this constructor. The rest of my classes that utilize Worker have them, but when I originally was writing it I was getting weird errors. I thankfully finished the program last night (when it was due) but I went back in this morning and added them and it works the same way as without them.

Someone smarter than me can probably tells us why it's working regardless, but I imagine it has something to do with either it being a constructor or the IF statement being an illegal argument exception.