How come this string cannot be resolved?

Question

This code is part of a context menu that pops up when a listview is clicked. I am trying to get the user result through whether or not a CheckBox is checked or not. The problem is that the string I am creating cannot be resolved.

Here is the code:

final CheckBox input11 = (CheckBox) textEntryView2.findViewById(R.id.checkBoxResult);

            alert2.setPositiveButton("Confirm", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                        public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int whichButton) {

                            String blazeIt = lvItems.getItemAtPosition(menuInfo.position).toString();
                            String turntupheho = blazeIt.replace(" --COMPLETE", "");
                            String evenmoreturnt = turntupheho.replace(" --INCOMPLETE", "");

                            if (input11.isChecked()) {
                                String bigbutt = " --COMPLETE";
                            } else {
                                String bigbutt = " -INCOMPLETE";
                            }

                            items.set(menuInfo.position, evenmoreturnt + bigbutt); //Cannot resolve symbol 'bigbutt'
                            itemsAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
                            writeItems();

                        }
                    }

            );

EDIT: Sorry simple mistake (forgot to declare String); I'm still learning. Thank you everyone for the quick responses.

Sir, declare `String bigbutt;` before `if (input11.isChecked())` block. — ρяσѕρєя K, Feb 17 '16 at 04:58
Possible duplicate of [Variable cannot be resolved](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2585650/variable-cannot-be-resolved) — Ali Elgazar, Feb 17 '16 at 05:08
@Abe Welcome, you can vote for other answers & accepted answer. — Suhas Bachewar, Feb 17 '16 at 05:29

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 17 '16 at 05:01

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You can try this:

String bigbutt;
if (input11.isChecked()) 
{
    bigbutt = " --COMPLETE";
} else {
    bigbutt = " -INCOMPLETE";
}

answered Feb 17 '16 at 05:01

Vasily Kabunov

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 17 '16 at 05:01

This is a basic Java question not an android question and a simple effort to look for the answer would yield it.

Regardless, here is the code you need to fix your issue

 final CheckBox input11 = (CheckBox) textEntryView2.findViewById(R.id.checkBoxResult);

        alert2.setPositiveButton("Confirm", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int whichButton) {

                        String blazeIt = lvItems.getItemAtPosition(menuInfo.position).toString();
                        String turntupheho = blazeIt.replace(" --COMPLETE", "");
                        String evenmoreturnt = turntupheho.replace(" --INCOMPLETE", "");
                        String bigbutt="";
                        if (input11.isChecked()) {
                            bigbutt = " --COMPLETE";
                        } else {
                            bigbutt = " -INCOMPLETE";
                        }

                        items.set(menuInfo.position, evenmoreturnt + bigbutt); //Cannot resolve symbol 'bigbutt'
                        itemsAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
                        writeItems();

                    }
                }

        );

And the reason the string is not being resolved is because you defined bigbutt inside of the if condition, giving it the scope of only the if condition, but then you use it outside the if condition, which is also outside of its scope.

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 17 '16 at 05:01

Check now just declare variable outside condition. Silly mistake.

final CheckBox input11 = (CheckBox) textEntryView2.findViewById(R.id.checkBoxResult);

                alert2.setPositiveButton("Confirm", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                            public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int whichButton) {

                                String blazeIt = lvItems.getItemAtPosition(menuInfo.position).toString();
                                String turntupheho = blazeIt.replace(" --COMPLETE", "");
                                String evenmoreturnt = turntupheho.replace(" --INCOMPLETE", "");
                                String bigbutt="";
                                if (input11.isChecked()) {
                                    bigbutt = " --COMPLETE";
                                } else {
                                    bigbutt = " -INCOMPLETE";
                                }

                                items.set(menuInfo.position, evenmoreturnt + bigbutt); //Cannot resolve symbol 'bigbutt'
                                itemsAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
                                writeItems();

                            }
                        }

                );

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 17 '16 at 05:04

As Java having scope of local variable within the block so you need to declare outside if block.

final CheckBox input11 = (CheckBox) textEntryView2.findViewById(R.id.checkBoxResult);

    alert2.setPositiveButton("Confirm", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int whichButton) {

                    String blazeIt = lvItems.getItemAtPosition(menuInfo.position).toString();
                    String turntupheho = blazeIt.replace(" --COMPLETE", "");
                    String evenmoreturnt = turntupheho.replace(" --INCOMPLETE", "");
                    String bigbutt = ""; // Declaration needs here 

                    if (input11.isChecked()) {
                         bigbutt = " --COMPLETE";
                    } else {
                         bigbutt = " -INCOMPLETE";
                    }

                    items.set(menuInfo.position, evenmoreturnt + bigbutt); //Cannot resolve symbol 'bigbutt'
                    itemsAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
                    writeItems();

                }
            }

    );

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 17 '16 at 05:09

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The Problem is of scope of the String variable, Declare bigbutt outside the if/else block.

answered Feb 17 '16 at 05:09

Sudeep Srivastava

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How come this string cannot be resolved?

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