SavitchIn not found? Need help on first program

Question

I am using an old Java programming book written by Walter Savitch. I am running a sample program from the book in my NetBeans environment. When I run the thing, it gives me errors on the command SavitchIn. Here is the code:
package firstprogram;
* @author mac173
public class Main {
* @param args the command line arguments
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("Hello out there.");
System.out.println("Want to talk some more?");
System.out.println("Answer y for yes and n for no.");
char answerLetter;
answerLetter = SavitchIn.readLineNonwhiteChar();
if (answerLetter == 'y')
System.out.println("Nice weather we are having, huh?");
System.out.println("Good-by.");
System.out.println("Press any key to end program");
String junk;
junk = SavitchIn.readLine();
The error messages from Netbeans:
Compiling 1 source file to C:\Users\mac173\Documents\NetBeansProjects\FirstProgram\build\classes
C:\Users\mac173\Documents\NetBeansProjects\FirstProgram\src\firstprogram\Main.java:23: cannot find symbol
symbol : variable Savitchin
location: class firstprogram.Main
answerLetter = Savitchin.readLineNonwhiteChar();
C:\Users\mac173\Documents\NetBeansProjects\FirstProgram\src\firstprogram\Main.java:31: cannot find symbol
symbol : variable Savitchin
location: class firstprogram.Main
junk = Savitchin.readLine();
2 errors
BUILD FAILED (total time: 0 seconds)
The book describes SavitchIn as a class to obtain input from the keyboard. I assume the class name and the writers names are the same because the wrote the class. Is this class now obsolete, or did I mess up the code?
Edited by: mac173 on Aug 1, 2008 7:12 PM

Answer 1

mac173 wrote:
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