nextBoolean problem?

[Yin]

boolean firstDirection = random.nextBoolean();

i have this line of code, and when i compile it keeps on telling me:
method nextBoolean() not found in class java.util.Random.

this error is driving me crazy...
anyone else with this problem?
does this have something to do with the fact taht i'm using jdk1.3?
coz nextInt(int n) won't work either ..but that's fixed..
would it be a better choice if i just choose randomly 0 or 1, then make 0 = vertical and 1 = horizontal?
argh~~i'm so lost....
anyways..any help/hint/whine-with-me would be appreciated
;D

[Sky]

i am using jdk 1.2.2 and it still works for me
but from the error message...i really sounds like u don't have the method in 1.3
not sure anyway

[bladehunter]

You might have fixed the problem, but here goes anyways:

About the nextBoolean(), i use jdk 1.3.1 and it still works. By the way u coded it, it seems like u are using Random as a static method or it is something with your initialization of the Random object.

About the way of choosing randomly, there is no one correct way to do it.

[gundamf91]

i just random two number 0,1
so
Random r = new Random();
int whatever = r.nextInt(2);

[Yin]

Random random = new Random(); <--this was how i initialized the random object.....did i use a wrong name?
i tried compiling it at the cdf lab..and it worked

wut's wrong with my computer....(and me)...
well..fine..if the nextBoolean method doesn't like me..
then i just won't use it!!!  

[Majin_Blues]

use it!!!

just at the beginning:

import java.util.*;