Error in my code

[manishhans]

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This is the error message i am getting.

GradeAnalyzer.java:20: error: cannot find symbol
int average = sum / grades.size();
^
symbol: variable sum
location: class GradeAnalyzer
1 error

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import java.util.ArrayList;

class GradeAnalyzer{

public GradeAnalyzer(){

}

public int getAverage(ArrayList grades){
if(grades.size() < 1){
System.out.println(“ArrayList is empty!”);
return 0;
} else {
int sum = 0;
};

for(Integer grade: grades){
  int sum = sum + grade;
};
int average = sum / grades.size();
System.out.println("The average is " + average + ".");
return average;

}

public static void main(String args) {
ArrayList myClassroom = new ArrayList();

myClassroom.add(98);
myClassroom.add(92);
myClassroom.add(88);
myClassroom.add(75);
myClassroom.add(61);
myClassroom.add(89);
myClassroom.add(95);

GradeAnalyzer myAnalyzer = new GradeAnalyzer();
myAnalyzer.getAverage(myClassroom);

}

}

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[ionatan]

Keep in mind that variables aren’t global, you can only access variables in the current or surrounding scopes. (And they are destroyed when their scopes exit)