need help with java program

[pjr5043]

i have to create a program that will output informatin of a group. the group will have a groupname and studnets in the group. right now i have a student file, a group file, and the app file. my professor was telling me i was doing evenrything right, and it sort of is working, but the problem is this:

student names are inputed in the app file, then i take them from the app file and pt them into the group file to create a group. but when i output the code in the app, i get the right name for the group, but for my studnets i get like an address like this "student@12dacd1". i'm not sure how to fix this. so any help is appreciated

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i get like an address like this "student@12dacd1".

What you are seeing is the default value returned by the Object class's toString() method. You must be trying to use println on a class object which you have not overriden the toString method.
Add a toString() method to your class to return what you want to see. Read the API doc for the Object class's toString method so you code it correctly when you override it. If you are using Java 1.6 (maybe also 1.5) add @Override before the definition of the method to have the compiler check that you have correctly coded the override.

[pjr5043]

i ended up getting it. i needed to use strings from teh student file in the group file like member1.firstName