Hi!

I'm a java newbie and I'm learning from the book Beginning Java 2

I have the following code from the book stored and it works from the jdk\bin directory but when I compile and attempt to execute it in a new directory I get the exception in the subject above.

Code:

class Sphere
{
    static final double PI = 3.14; // Class variable that has a fixed value
    static int count = 0; // Class variable to count objects

    // Instance Variables
    double radius; // radius of a sphere

    double xCenter;
    double yCenter;
    double zCenter;

    // Class constructor
    Sphere(double theRadius, double x, double y, double z)
    {
        radius = theRadius;

        // Set the coordinates of the center
        xCenter = x;
        yCenter = y;
        zCenter = z;
        ++count;
    }

    // Static method to report the number of objects created
    static int getCount()
    {
        return count;
    }

    // Instance method to calculate volume
    double volume()
    {
        return 4.0/3.0*PI*radius*radius*radius;
    }

}

class CreateSpheres
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        System.out.println("Number of objects = " + Sphere.getCount());

        Sphere ball = new Sphere(4.0,0.0,0.0,0.0); // Create a sphere
        System.out.println("Number of objects = " + ball.getCount());

        Sphere globe = new Sphere(12.0,1.0,1.0,1.0); // Create a sphere
        System.out.println("Number of objects = " + Sphere.getCount());

        // Output the volume of each sphere
        System.out.println("ball volume = " + ball.volume());
        System.out.println("globe volume = " + globe.volume());
    }

}


in the system path I have the following

;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_03\bin;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_03\jre

any help with this is appreciated.

Thanks,

T

add another entry for class path in environment variables.
My C0mputer-> properties ->advanced tab->environment variables->user variables
->New
Enter
Name: CLASSPATH
value: .;


jomet.
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dont be afraid of failure and dont abandon it.
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jomet,

Thank you sincerely for taking time to help me.

I now have the following value in an environment variable CLASSPATH.

C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_03\bin;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_03\jre;C:\Java\CreateSpheres

I still get the same exception while executing.

T