Re: expecting name type

Your syntax is incorrect. The method getField(String)
returns a string. The 'new' keyword says I want to
create a new instance of an object. The compiler is
saying ok, what type (class) of object do you want to
create.

The following statement says:
String descrField = (String) record.getField("SCDESC"
);

ask the 'record' variable for the value in field
"SCDESC" and assign that value to a string named
descrField. The getField method will create the new
instance, we don't need to specify anything else
('new').

Note the Java convention to start variables with a
lower case character. 'Type' (Class) names begin with 
an Uppercase.

Mike


--- "Gibbons, Michael" <bmis04@MARYWOOD1.MARYWOOD.EDU>
wrote: > hello, 
> 
> can anyone tell me why I get the error "expecting
> name type" on the
> following statement.
> 
> String DescrField = new (String) record.getField(
> "SCDESC" );
> 
> Thanks in advance 
> 
> 
> Michael P. Gibbons
> Manager of Programming & Technical Services 
> MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY
> 2300 Adams Ave. 
> Scranton, PA 18509
> 
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