getInitials Method

**jmscarlet9** · 03-04-2012, 10:34 PM

Hey everyone,
Time for a new set of problems. I'm working on the first and thought I was pretty close. However, when I added in some test coding, I'm getting "cannot find symbol" errors on that part of the code. I want to make sure my method is working correctly and I know it's something stupid that I'm staring right at. Can someone help me figure out why I'm getting the errors? The instructions for the assignment are commented at the beginning of the code.

Here is my code:

Java Code:

public class InitialsTest
{
   /**
      Gets the initials of this name
      @params first, middle, and last names
      @return a string consisting of the first character of the first, middle,
      and last name
   */
   public static String getInitials(String one, String two, String three)
   {

      // your work here
		String initials = one.substring(0, 1) + two.substring(0, 1) + three.substring(0, 1);
		return initials;

   }
	public static void main(String[] args)
	{
	System.out.println("Initials are: " + getInitials(John, Jacob, Smith));
	}
}