Cannot find package/class symbol

Question

hello. i'm using netveans for the first time. i have a java application with 2 classes... pb.java with public class pb int package svr and cl.java with public class cl in package cli
that is..
file class package
pb pb svr
cl cl cli
pb.java compiles properly cl.java gioves error.
the error is in the following lines of code...
pb obj1 = new pb();
        pb obj2 = new pb();i'm trying to make an object fo type pb from cl.java. the error i get is...
cannot find symbol
class pb
location cli.cl
i alse tried puttin svr.pb instead of pb but no use.
the entire cose is as follows...
pb.java
* pb.java
* Created on December 4, 2006, 8:56 AM
package svr;
public class pb
    private double balance;
    private double []lt = new double [10];
    private int i=9;
    public void deposit(double amt)
        if(amt<=0)
            System.out.println("Enter amount greater than 0");
        else
            balance=balance+amt;
            if(i>=0)
                lt=amt;
else
for(int j=9;j>=0;j--)
lt[i]=lt[i-1];
lt[0]=amt;
public void withdraw(double amt)
if(amt<=0)
System.out.println("Enter amount greater than 0");
else
if(amt>balance)
System.out.println("Balance lower than amount entered");
else
balance=balance-amt;
if(i>=0)
lt[i]=-amt;
else
for(int j=9;j>=0;j--)
lt[i]=lt[i-1];
lt[0]=-amt;
public void bal()
System.out.println("Balance: "+balance);
public void lts()
System.out.println("Last 10 Transactions");
for(int j=i;j>10;j++)
System.out.println(lt[j]);
public void statement()
lts();
bal();
cl.java
* cl.java
* Created on December 4, 2006, 8:58 AM
package cli;
class cl
    public static void main(String[] args)
        pb obj1 = new pb();
        pb obj2 = new pb();
        obj1.deposit(100.50);
        obj1.statement();
        obj2.deposit(200.75);
        obj2.statement();
        obj1.withdraw(25.50);
        obj1.statement();
        obj2.withdraw(100.25);
        obj2.statement();

Answer 1

For a beginner these tools are worst, because they
hide all the stuff a programmer needs to know to find
his way around Java. They should spend a few weeks
with the command line and a good text editor before
switching.
Just because an IDE does something for you, it
doesn't mean you don't need to kno wwhat it does.
Unless you volunteer to handle all "how do I do X in
Netbeans/Eclipse/Whatever", JAR and classpath
questions posted here by newbies yourself.I suppose I can agree with that to some extent. I wouldn't suggest to anyone that they just blindly trust whatever code the IDE inserts automatically.
But there's nothing wrong about learning by example. The IDE is willing to teach proper syntax, and eclipse will give suggestions about capitalizing class names and making constants all-caps.
There are things that frustrate new programmers where an IDE will be helpful, especially if the entire API is uncharted territory.