Thread: Out of scope problem

hello there i have a problem where my Center is out of scope of do i make it in scope?

import java.awt.*; import java.awt.event.*; import javax.swing.*; import java.io.*;     public class textAreaTest {	public static void main(String [] args)	{	JFrame frame2 = new JFrame();	frame2.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);	frame2.setSize(new Dimension(600, 300));	frame2.setLocation(new Point(300, 300));	frame2.setLayout(new BorderLayout());	frame2.setTitle("Home");;  	//buttons	JButton konti1 = new JButton();	konti1.setText("konti1");	JButton konti2 = new JButton();	konti2.setText("konti2");    	//Center	JTextArea Center = new JTextArea(400, 500); //this is out of scope  	//East	JPanel East = new JPanel(new GridLayout(1,2));	East.add(konti1);	East.add(konti2);    	//layout	frame2.add(Center, BorderLayout.CENTER);	frame2.add(East, BorderLayout.EAST);  	// action center	konti1.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){	public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){	try{Center.read(new FileReader("konti1.txt"),null);}catch(IOException ioe){} //i call it here	}	});  	konti2.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){	public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){	try{Center.read(new FileReader("konti2.txt"),null);}catch(IOException ioe){} // and here	}	});  	frame2.setVisible(true);	} }

ok thanks but what should i do it to run? make a new public class where i call this method?

public class textAreaTest { public final JTextArea Center = new JTextArea(400, 500);	public void main(String [] args)	{	JFrame frame2 = new JFrame();	frame2.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);	frame2.setSize(new Dimension(600, 300));	frame2.setLocation(new Point(300, 300));	frame2.setLayout(new BorderLayout());	frame2.setTitle("Home");;  	//buttons	JButton konti1 = new JButton();	konti1.setText("konti1");	JButton konti2 = new JButton();	konti2.setText("konti2");        	//East	JPanel East = new JPanel(new GridLayout(1,2));	East.add(konti1);	East.add(konti2);    	//layout	frame2.add(Center, BorderLayout.CENTER);	frame2.add(East, BorderLayout.EAST);  	// action center	konti1.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){	public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){	try{Center.read(new FileReader("konti1.txt"),null);}catch(IOException ioe){}	}	});  	konti2.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){	public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){	try{Center.read(new FileReader("konti2.txt"),null);}catch(IOException ioe){}	}	});  	frame2.setVisible(true);	} }

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I got it to work
thanks for the help