compiler telling me to make a file for a public class

[derek smythe]

Hi, any help greatly appreciated. The compiler is telling me that since two of my classes are "public", that I need to make separate files for them, which I know should not be the case right? So I pasted the code below so you can see it. and after that I posted the error. please. thank you gurus! Derek

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public class Player {
	int number = 0; //where the guess goes
	
	public void guess() {
		number = (int) (Math.random() * 10);
		System.out.println("I'm guessing " + number);
	}//end guess
}//end player class

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public class GameLauncher {
	public static void main (String[] args) {
		GuessGame game = new GuessGame();
		game.startGame();
	}
}

Class Player is public should be declared in a file named Player.java

Class GameLauncher is public should be declared in a file named GameLauncher.java

On a side note! I would like to share a great trick with fellow newbie programmers, and when I say newbie, I mean first born. LOL. Ok, you select your compiler errors or type them, then google them in quotes, and search for the solution. If that doesn't work, try the forum, that's what I did.

[Henry Wong]

derek smythe wrote:The compiler is telling me that since two of my classes are "public", that I need to make separate files for them, which I know should not be the case right?

Nope. The compiler is right. A java file can only have one public top-level class, and that class has the same base name as the file.

Henry

[derek smythe]

Nevermind everything works now, I got it to run. Thanks so much for the help! This is like giving birth, LOL, if a man can give birth I just did.

[Campbell Ritchie]

derek smythe wrote:. . . if a man can give birth I just did.

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