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POCannot Find Symbol (Pointing towards "new" in my initiation of a new class object)?
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copied!<p>For a homework assignment I have a "health" or basically a BMI/BMR calculator. When I try to create a new class object using values picked up previously in my Tester class by the scanner it's telling me cannot find symbol. I feel as if it's something obvious but at the same the fact that I'm getting an error doing such a common thing as creating a new object is stumping me.</p> <p>EDIT: Also wasn't sure how best to paste or point out the line where the error occurs but it's halfway down on the Tester code. I tried to bold it but I didn't wanna break the scroll box. </p> <p>Actual Error:</p> <pre><code>HowHealthy.java:87: cannot find symbol symbol : constructor Healthy(java.lang.String,char,double,double,int) location: class Healthy Healthy healthObj1 = new Healthy(name, genderStatus, weight, height, age); </code></pre> <p><strong>Class:</strong></p> <pre><code>public class Healthy { // define attributes private String name; private char gender; private double weight; private double height; private double weightMetric; private double heightMetric; private int age; private double finalBMR; private double finalBMI; private double finalTDEE; private final double CENTIMETER_CONVERSION = 2.54; private final double KILOGRAM_CONVERSION = 0.45359237; /* Creates constructor with default values */ public Healthy() { name = ""; weight = 0.0; height = 0.0; age = 0; } /* Creates constructor with initialized values */ public Healthy(String inName, char inGender, double inWeight, double inHeight, int inAge, int inActLevel) { name = inName; gender = inGender; weight = inWeight; height = inHeight; age = inAge; } } // end class Healthy </code></pre> <p><strong>Tester</strong></p> <pre><code>import java.util.Scanner; /* * A class to test the Healthy Class */ public class HowHealthy { public static void main (String[] args) { //Declarations String name; String gender; char genderStatus; double weight; String weightStatus; double height; int age; int level; //Create Health object Healthy healthTest = new Healthy(); //Get and validate info Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in); //Enter name System.out.print("Person's name: "); String nameScan = scan.nextLine(); if (nameScan.length() > 0) { name = nameScan; } else { System.out.println("ERROR: Name must include at least one character"); System.exit(0); } //Enter gender System.out.printf("\n%s, are you male or female (M/F): ", nameScan); char genderScan = scan.nextLine().toUpperCase().charAt(0); if ((genderScan == 'M') || (genderScan == 'F')) { genderStatus = genderScan; } else { System.out.println("ERROR: Gender must be either M or F"); System.exit(0); } //Enter weight System.out.printf("\n%s's weight (pounds): ", nameScan); double weightScan = scan.nextDouble(); if (weightScan >= 100) { weight = weightScan; } else { System.out.println("ERROR: Weight must be at least 100 pounds"); System.exit(0); } //Enter height System.out.printf("\n%s's height (inches): ", nameScan); double heightScan = scan.nextDouble(); if (heightScan >= 60 && heightScan <= 84) { height = heightScan; } else { System.out.println("ERROR: Height must be between 60 to 84 inches"); System.exit(0); } //Enter age System.out.printf("\n%s's age (years): ", nameScan); int ageScan = scan.nextInt(); if (ageScan >= 18) { age = ageScan; } else { System.out.println("ERROR: Must be at least 18 years old"); System.exit(0); } //Creating another Health object using values declared from Scanner **Healthy healthObj1 = new Healthy(name, genderStatus, weight, height, age);** System.out.println("\nActivity Level: Use these categories: "); System.out.println("\t1 - Sedentary (little or no exercise, desk job)"); System.out.println("\t2 - Lightly active (little exercise / sports 3-5 days/wk"); System.out.println("\t3 - Moderately active(moderate exercise / sports 3-5 days/wk)"); System.out.println("\t4 - Very active (hard exercise / sports 6 -7 day/wk)"); System.out.println("\t5 - Extra active (hard daily exercise / sports physical \n\t job or 2X day training i.e marathon, contest, etc.)"); System.out.print("\n\nHow active are you? "); int levelTemp = scan.nextInt(); /*Validate the level input */ if ((levelTemp >= 1) && (levelTemp <= 5)) { level = levelTemp; } //if else { System.out.println("Invalid leve - must between 1 to 5"); System.exit(0); } //else System.out.printf("\n\n%s's information\n", name); System.out.printf("Weight: %.1f pounds \n", healthObj1.getWeight()); System.out.printf("Height: %.1f inches \n", healthObj1.getHeight()); System.out.printf("Age: %d years \n", healthObj1.getAge()); /*Give the proper syntax for gender */ if (genderStatus == 'M') { gender = "Male"; if(genderStatus =='F') { gender = "Female"; } } System.out.print("These are for a " + gender + ".\n\n"); System.out.printf("BMR: %.2f pounds\n", healthObj1.getBMI(weight, height)); //Pass the weight and height System.out.printf("BMI: %.2f inches\n", healthObj1.getBMR(genderStatus)); //Pass the gender System.out.printf("TDEE: %.2f years\n", healthObj1.getTDEE(level)); // Pass the level /*Give the overall status of the weight */ if ((healthObj1.getBMI(weight, height)< 18.5)) { weightStatus = "Underweight"; } else if((healthObj1.getBMI(weight, height)>= 18.5) && (healthObj1.getBMI(weight, height)< 25)) { weightStatus = "Normal weight"; } else if((healthObj1.getBMI(weight, height)>= 25) && (healthObj1.getBMI(weight, height)< 30)) { weightStatus = "Overweight"; } else if((healthObj1.getBMI(weight, height)>= 30)) { weightStatus = "Obese"; } System.out.println("Your BMI classifies you as " + weightStatus); } // end class main } // end class HowHealthy ^ </code></pre>

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