#what's this problem? why does it happen? and how did I "solve" it?

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livid breach
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the problem is stated in the error, you tried to use something that doesn't exist. you solved it by making that thing exist.

plush crescent
livid breach
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it's never defined in the first screenshot

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java doesn't know what "Student" means

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then you told it what "Student" means

plush crescent
livid breach
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this is at the most basic level of logic, you can only use things that exist

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plush crescent
livid breach
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it.. it defined Student

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that's what that's doing

plush crescent
livid breach
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what time is it for you

plush crescent
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ok is there another way to define it?

livid breach
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infinite ways

plush crescent
plush crescent
livid breach
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because.. this is just not something that needs explaining, it's just how the real world works, it's how natural language works, it's how math works, it's how science works, etc.

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you can't use things that don't exist

plush crescent
livid breach
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it isn't

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you've used this logic for however long youve been alive

livid breach
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really think about it

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don't google anything there

plush crescent
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bruh

livid breach
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can you give me a xyzzy?

plush crescent
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I'm asking "how", not "why". don't go all philosophical on me'

livid breach
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im not

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answer the question

plush crescent
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you are

livid breach
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can you give me a xyzzy

plush crescent
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here it is

livid breach
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yeah no

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you can't

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because you weren't told what it was (unless you already knew, i probably shouldve just used random letters)

plush crescent
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that's enough out of you

livid breach
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you're literally asking how a dictionary works

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you tell java what something means, java can now use it

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can you give me a qewfdv? no, because it doesn't exist
can java use Student? no, because it doesn't exist, at least in the first scenario