Java Double cannot be dereferenced

[Megan Hart]

Hi All, I am very new to Java and I am getting a 'Double cannot be dereferenced' error when I try to compile this code.

public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
{
Object source = e.getSource();
if (source == exitButton)
System.exit(0);
else if (source == calculateButton)
{
double sideAValue = Double.parseDouble(sideAField.getText());
double sideBValue = Double.parseDouble(sideBField.getText());

double sideCValue = Math.hypot(sideAValue, sideBValue);
sideCValue.setText(Double.toString(sideCValue));

The above section of code is part of a larger program that calculates the hypotenuse of a right triangle when the user enters the two smaller sides.

The error comes from this line of code:
sideCValue.setText(Double.toString(sideCValue));

Could someone please help me to know how to fix this?

[Christophe Verré]

Shouldn't that be

sideCField.setText(Double.toString(sideCValue)); 

[Christophe Verré]

And welcome to the ranch Next time you want to post some code, don't forget to UseCodeTags. This will be make it easier to read.

[Megan Hart]

Yes it should be! Thanks for alerting me to that error. I will be sure to use code tags next time around! Thanks for the welcome!