Placing object variables in scanner

I'm quite new to java so any input or help would be greatly appreciated. I'm trying to create a program that asks a user for a bunch of inputs (such as name, registration, colour, # of trips and odometer reading) for a Car class. I've created a car class, created an object of that class called carSample and given it the same variable names from my main method where i use a scanner to ask for name,registration etc...

However, this does not work and i receive the error:

>TestCar.java:8: error: ';' expected
String carSample.name = input.nextLine();

Here is my code:

public static void main(String[] args){
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.print("Input name: ");
String carSample.name = input.nextLine();
System.out.print("Input registration: ");
String carSample.registration = input.nextLine();
System.out.print("Input colour: ");
String carSample.colour = input.nextLine();
System.out.print("Input trips: ");
int carSample.numberOfTrips = input.nextInt();
for (int i = 0; i < numberOfTrips; i++) {
System.out.print("Odometer reading " + (i + 1) + ": ");
int odometerReading = input.nextInt();
}
car carSample = new car(); // Creates object of class Car
}
class car {
String name;
String registration;
String colour;
int numberOfTrips;
double odometerReading;
}

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you !

String carSample.name = input.nextLine();

1. carSample is declared in the car class. When you assign a value to a variable that is already declared, you don't have to specify the type. (it breaks when you do)
2. When you assign a value to a variable in an object, the object has to have been created first. Move your creation of the car object to the top of the program.

...

Car carSample = new Car(); // Creates object of class Car
...
carSample.name = input.nextLine();
...
carSample.registration = input.nextLine();
...
carSample.numberOfTrips = input.nextLine();
...
carSample.name = input.nextLine();

Finally, when you use numberOfTrips in the for loop, you need to access it with car.numberofTrips.

`import java.util.*;
class Test{
public static void main(String[] args){
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
car carSample = new car(); // Creates object of class Car
System.out.print("Input name: ");
carSample.name = input.nextLine();
System.out.print("Input registration: ");
carSample.registration = input.nextLine();
System.out.print("Input colour: ");
carSample.colour = input.nextLine();
System.out.print("Input trips: ");
carSample.numberOfTrips = input.nextInt();
for (int i = 0; i < carSample.numberOfTrips; i++) {
System.out.print("Odometer reading " + (i + 1) + ": ");
int odometerReading = input.nextInt();
}
}
}
class car {
String name;
String registration;
String colour;
int numberOfTrips;
double odometerReading;
}`

Try this out ... this should work ...

I moved numberOfTrips and odometerReading into CarTripHistory class. Check it out:

public static void main(String[] args){
Car carSample = new Car();
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.print("Input name: ");
carSample.name = input.nextLine();
System.out.print("Input registration: ");
carSample.registration = input.nextLine();
System.out.print("Input colour: ");
carSample.colour = input.nextLine();
CarTripHistory carTripHistory = new CarTripHistory();
System.out.print("Input trips: ");
carTripHistory.numberOfTrips = input.nextInt();
carTripHistory.odometerReading = new double[carTripHistory.numberOfTrips];
for (int i = 0; i < carTripHistory.numberOfTrips; i++) {
System.out.print("Odometer reading " + (i + 1) + ": ");
carTripHistory.odometerReading[i] = input.nextInt();
}
carSample.carTripHistory = carTripHistory;
}
class Car {
String name;
String registration;
String colour;
CarTripHistory carTripHistory;
}
class CarTripHistory{
int numberOfTrips;
double[] odometerReading;
}

You need to create the instance of the object, imagine you have to cars a and b.
And you want them to have different properties, each time you call car a = new car() you are creating a new car, with all the attributes null. And then you can use

 a.name = input.nextLine();

So with this you are giving the car a a value to the attribute name, and so on...

Although this is not the best way, because you shouldn't use the attributes directly from the car class on the other class. Instead you should create some constructors and set & get methods.