CANNOT FIND SYMBOL !! T.T

i have trry reading th archive thread about this but i dont understand a word
iam really new to java
i have this problem
symbol  : variable cirumference
location: class CircleCirum
*          cirumference = 2 * 3.14 * radius;*
*          ^*
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\CircleCirum.java:27: cannot find symbol
symbol  : variable cirumference
location: class CircleCirum
*          JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "The Cirumference of the circle is " + cirumference + ".");*
*          ^*
*2 errors*
Tool completed with exit code 1
i uninstall and reinstal textpad to my C:/program files
so what the first thing i have to do to make this work?

hiddendragon wrote:
public static void main(String[] args)
          String input;
          int radius, circumference;
u mean this??Yes, but, it's hard to know how this relates to your problem without seeing compilable code. Your best bet here is not to show your whole program, but to condense your question/problem into a single small class that is compilable by any and all of us, and demonstrates your problem. In other words, a [Short, Self Contained, Correct (Compilable), Example or SSCCE|http://homepage1.nifty.com/algafield/sscce.html] .
Also, when posting your code, please use code tags so that your code will retain its formatting and be readable. To do this, you will need to paste already formatted code into the forum, highlight this code, and then press the "code" button at the top of the forum Message editor prior to posting the message. You may want to click on the Preview tab to make sure that your code is formatted correctly. Another way is to place the tag [code] at the top of your block of code and the tag [/code] at the bottom, like so:
[code]
  // your code block goes here.
  // note the differences between the tag at the top vs the bottom.
[/code]or
{code}
  // your code block goes here.
  // note here that the tags are the same.
{code}good luck

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