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[Igor]

Hi all,

I'm really new to java and have a heap of code that I'm now trying to get acquinted with. Don't know if this is the right place to post this question, but here it is:

System.out.println("User " + ret.name + ret.place);
Which is a line of the code. Not important right now what it does or why, but suppose I want to allow the program to retrieve (which I say "ret." means right?) possibly more than one name/place for a user.
Eclipse (which I'm working in) doesn't really seem to like:
System.out.println("User " + ret.name* + ret.place*);

Can anyone tell me if there is a possibily to do this the above way (and that it's just some incorrect syntax), or that something like that won't work at all and I'll have to find a solution somewhere else in the program.

thanks,

[Igor]

In addition:
This name and place calls to some dictionary where names and places are alternating (and, of course, are supposed to match). So something like "name:John, place:New York, name:Richard, place:New Delhi, name:Little, name:George, placearis" and so on.
Problem is that as you see some people have double names.
So something like
System.out.println("User " + ret.name + ret.name + place);
just results in John John New York. I want the program to keep n taking names until it bumps into a place.

[John]

It might be incorrect syntax, but without knowing how the ret class is setup, it would be impossible to tell. In eclipse, if you put your cursor on ret.name and I believe, press Ctrl+1 it shows you possible fixes.