The error says cannot find variable player..The ShapeMatrix class does have PLAYER variable,what do i do ,please help

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com/codegym/games/racer/part07/PlayerCar.java:6: error: cannot find symbol private static int playerCarHeight = ShapeMatrix.PLAYER.length; ^ symbol: variable PLAYER location: class com.codegym.games.racer.part07.ShapeMatrix

Now we'll create the player's car.

Let's create a PlayerCar class and make it inherit GameObject:
At first, the player's car will be in the third lane, one position above the bottom edge of the playing field. Accordingly, the x coordinate will be equal to RacerGame.WIDTH/2 + 2, and the y coordinate will be RacerGame.HEIGHT - playerCarHeight - 1.

A matrix for the car is already in ShapeMatrix. In order to reference the player's car, an instance of PlayerCar must be stored in the player variable in the RacerGame class. Call the draw(Game) method on the car to see it on the playing field.

Requirements:

There must be a public PlayerCar class in a separate file.
The PlayerCar class must inherit the GameObject class.
The PlayerCar class must have a private static int playerCarHeight field that is initialized to ShapeMatrix.PLAYER.length when it is declared.
The PlayerCar class must have a public no-parameter constructor that calls the base class's constructor with the following arguments: RacerGame.WIDTH / 2 + 2, RacerGame.HEIGHT - playerCarHeight - 1, ShapeMatrix.PLAYER.
The RacerGame class must have a private PlayerCar player field.
The player field must be initialized with a new PlayerCar object in the createGame() method before the call to the drawScene() method.
In the drawScene() method, the draw(Game) method must be called on the player object. Pass this to the method.
In the drawScene() method, the draw(Game) method must be called on the player object after the drawField() and roadMarking.draw(Game) methods.

package com.codegym.games.racer; public class ShapeMatrix { public static final int[][] ROAD_MARKING = new int[][]{ {2}, {2}, {2}, {2}, }; }

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Josephine

Level 26 , Normal, United States

7 December 2020, 19:31

Thanks kiesk...You are right

klesk

Level 31 , Duisburg, Germany

7 December 2020, 09:38

solution

I think the PLAYER array is absent in your ShapeMatrix class, at least in the code you posted. Sometime the ShapeMatrix class doesn't get created correct.

public static final int[][] PLAYER = new int[][]{
            {0, 0, 123, 123, 0, 0},
            {1, 0, 123, 123, 0, 1},
            {1, 1, 123, 123, 1, 1},
            {1, 0, 123, 123, 0, 1},
            {0, 0, 123, 123, 0, 0},
            {1, 0, 123, 123, 0, 1},
            {1, 1, 123, 123, 1, 1},
            {1, 0, 123, 123, 0, 1}
    };