Cannot find symbol variable - Why? I can.. ^^

Hello all
I'm trying to do a simple, not very good at all, tictactoe game, but, i got the error in one of the classes (This isn't while compiling the main file and classes)

Code:

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C:\Documents and Settings\26462\Mina dokument\Inte skolsaker\1x2\Spelkod.java:27: cannot find symbol
symbol  : variable BotPos
location: class Spelkod

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I have no idea why this happens, i've tried to move the code "BotPos" from one to another class-file, and i don't have any more clues what's wrong, any help?
(Here is just one of the class-files, there are three, but the error is here somewhere)

Code:

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import javax.swing.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;

public class Spelkod
{
        public static void spel()
        {
                //Scanner som läser från kommandorutan
                Scanner tangentbord = new Scanner(System.in);
               
                String a1 = " ";
                String a2 = " ";
                String a3 = " ";
               
                String b1 = " ";
                String b2 = " ";
                String b3 = " ";
               
                String c1 = " ";
                String c2 = " ";
                String c3 = " ";
               
                System.out.println("Where to put the X?");
                String in = tangentbord.next();
                Klasser.PassarRutval(in, a1, a2, a3, b1, b2, b3, c1, c2, c3);
                [B]String botpos = Spelkod.BotPos;[/B]
                while (true)
                {
                        //Var ska botten sätta sin cirkel?
                        Klasser.PassarRutval(botpos, a1, a2, a3, b1, b2, b3, c1, c2, c3);
                        System.out.println("Where to put the X?");
                        in = tangentbord.next();
                        Klasser.PassarRutval(in, a1, a2, a3, b1, b2, b3, c1, c2, c3);
                        System.out.println("\n" + "_abc\n1:"+a1+b1+c1+"\n2:"+a2+b2+c2+"3:\n"+a3+b3+c3);
                        [B]botpos = Spelkod.BotPos;[/B]
                }
        }
        [B]public static String BotPos ()[/B]
        {
                long numpos = Math.round(Math.random());
                while (numpos<1 || numpos>3)
                {
                        numpos = Math.round(Math.random());
                }
               
                long bokpos = Math.round(Math.random());
                while (bokpos<1 || bokpos>3)
                {
                        bokpos = Math.round(Math.random());
                }
                if (bokpos == 1)
                        return "a"+numpos;
                else if (bokpos == 2)
                        return "b" + numpos;
                else if (bokpos == 3)
                        return "c"+numpos;
                else
                {
                        System.exit(0);
                        return "null";
                }
        }
}

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Yes, this is a very unfunctional code, but this is my first attemt ever to do something like this, so these are my first tries to a solution ;)

///Mattedatten

You're calling a method, so:

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String botpos = Spelkod.BotPos();

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as I know,the method :Math.random(),will gernerate a number during 0 to 1,so the condition : (numpos<1 || numpos>3) will never come true,so I think your code has something wrong

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Originally Posted by 852000

as I know,the method :Math.random(),will gernerate a number during 0 to 1,so the condition : (numpos<1 || numpos>3) will never come true,so I think your code has something wrong

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if Math.random() generate numbers 0 to 1 then (numpos<1 || numpos>3) can surely become true, because || is a short-circuit evaluation of OR and if number is 0 then numpos<1 is true.

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Originally Posted by PhHein

You're calling a method, so:

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String botpos = Spelkod.BotPos();

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-sorry for late answer, been doing other stuff-
Thanks, I could bet on something that the error was something small like this missing :eek:

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Originally Posted by 852000

as I know,the method :Math.random(),will gernerate a number during 0 to 1,so the condition : (numpos<1 || numpos>3) will never come true,so I think your code has something wrong

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Yes, true, forgot to add *10 for it all to make sense, thanks for pointing that out ;)

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Originally Posted by j2me64

if Math.random() generate numbers 0 to 1 then (numpos<1 || numpos>3) can surely become true, because || is a short-circuit evaluation of OR and if number is 0 then numpos<1 is true.

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Well, that also :rolleyes:

Thanks all, I do really appreciate the help and explanation on these forums :)
Thanks again