why can't I use new?

[tehhparadox]

Hi guys

I've just started Java and I don't know much and do not have much experience either. Anyway, I was practising, and I wrote the following script:

class printstr{
	void printstr(String var) {
		System.out.println("String argument: " + var);
	}
}

class example{
	public static void main(String args[]) {
		printstr obj1 = new printstr("example string");
	}
}

My file was named example.java

Somehow my java compiler gave an error saying:

C:\java>javac say.java
example.java:9: cannot find symbol
symbol  : constructor printstr(java.lang.String)
location: class printstr
                printstr obj1 = new printstr("example string");
                                ^
1 error

Initially I thought there was something wrong with my code. So I copied some code from the book I was learning java from which contained the keyword new, and my javac gave the same error.

Is there something wrong with my compiler? I have the latest version of it - JDK SE 6 Update 17. Or is java2 too old or someting, because I'm learning Java2..

Please help!

[Fubarable]

Is there something wrong with my compiler?

Nope, it's your code. What you think is a constructor isn't because you have a "void" return type assigned to it. Constructors have no return type at all.

[tehhparadox]

thanks fubarable!

I removed 'void' and it worked fine!