Error when importing java.util.Scanner

Question

Agh! I'm in an introduction to computer science course, and I am writing a program as an assignment that's due tomorrow.
I have imported java.util.Scanner before, but I've only run it on the Windows PCs in the lab, whereas I am currently on a Mac. I've updated to the latest version of Java (through the software update), and I'm running Tiger (also fully updated).
I'm using Dr. Java to write the programs, but I tried using the very same thing in Eclipse and it didn't work. Here's my program:
import java.util.Random;
import java.util.Scanner;
public class Password {
public static void main(String[] args) {
//create a Scanner object to read from the keyboard:
String password;
Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
Random randomizer = new Random();
System.out.println("Please enter a string containing candidate characters.");
String input = scanner.next();
int charLength = length(input);
System.out.print("Random password: ");
System.out.print(input.substring(randomizer.nextInt(charLength)));
System.out.print(input.substring(randomizer.nextInt(charLength)));
System.out.print(input.substring(randomizer.nextInt(charLength)));
System.out.println(input.substring(randomizer.nextInt(charLength)));
And, here's my errors:
4 errors found:
File: /Users/brianmoore/Desktop/Password.java [line: 11]
Error: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : class Scanner
location: package util
File: /Users/brianmoore/Desktop/Password.java [line: 18]
Error: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : class Scanner
location: class Password
File: /Users/brianmoore/Desktop/Password.java [line: 18]
Error: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : class Scanner
location: class Password
File: /Users/brianmoore/Desktop/Password.java [line: 22]
Error: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : method length (java.lang.String)
location: class Password
Any ideas?

Answer 1

Ok. I figured it out. On the Dr. Java page, this is what helped me:
Please verify the following:
- Open "/Applications/Utilities/Java/J2SE 5.0/Java
Preferences";
make sure "J2SE 5.0" is at the top of the list under
"Java
Application Runtime"
- Open DrJava; go to Edit->Preferences; make sure
"Tools.jar
Location", "JSR-14 Location", and "JSR-14
Collections Path"
are all blank
- Open the Help->About dialog box; make sure the "DrJava
Version" listed is 20050601-0007 or later (that is, later
than
June 1, 2005)
- Go to the "System Properties" tab in the
"About" box; make
sure "java.version" is 1.4.2.
Let us know what you find out if you're still having
trouble.
Thanks for your help!