Java codin help

[benzspida]

keep gettin 2 error messages

(1)The field greeting cannot be declared static; static fields can only be declared in static or top level types

this is what the code looks like

public class comment {
	/**
	 * @author Craig
	 * 
	 * This class demonstrates use of:<br>
	 * Line Comments<br>
	 * Block Comments<br>
	 * JavaDoc Comments.<br>
	 */
	public class CommentsExample {

		/**
		 * Program comments are nonexecuting, 
		 * statements you add to a program 
		 * documentation  for the purpose 
		 * of documentation.
		 */
		protected static String greeting = "Hi";
		
		//Program comments are nonexecuting, 
		//statements you add to a program 
		private static String name = "Guys"; //documentation  for the purpose
		
		public CommentsExample() {
			//of documentation.()
			super();
		}

		/**
		 * This is the entry point of the application.
		 *  main() is executed first by the JVM.
		 */
		public void main(String[] args) {
			/*
			 * Program comments are nonexecuting, 
		     * statements you add to a program 
		     * documentation  for the purpose 
		     * of documentation.
			 */
			System.out.println(greeting + " " + name);
		}
	}
}

[SeyelentEco]

Sorry, its been a few years since I programmed Java, but is it because you have a class being defined within another class? Try moving the code defining the CommentsExample class outside the comments class.

[Belisarius]

SeyelentEco is correct. Get rid of the surrounding "comment" class, and it should work.