How to make my method read user input from another method?

I'm still trying to make the text editor to run with cmd but I'm stuck.

import java.util.Scanner;       

public class TextEd {

  Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);

  public static void main(String[] args) {
	Editor editor = new Editor();
	editor.copiedText();
  }
}

class Editor {

 Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);

 public void copiedText() {	
	System.out.println("Paste your text here");
	String text = scan.nextLine();
	menu();
 }

 public void menu() {
    System.out.println("Welcome to the text editor.\n"
    + "What do you want to do?\n"
    + "1. count characters"?;
    int choice = scan.nextInt();
    
    if (choice == 1) {
        counting();
    }
  }
	
  public void counting() {
    System.out.println(text.length());
  }
}

The problem is: everytime i try to execute i get an error "cannot find symbol 'text". I know I need to call it frim the other method, but hod do i do that?

You have declared text as a local variable in copiedText(). Local variables cannot be seen in other methods. Try setting a field variable (a private variable in the Editor class) that can be seen by all methods

Yoy need to make it a class field:

class Editor {

 private Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
 private String text = "";
 
 public void copiedText() { 
    System.out.println("Paste your text here");
    text = scan.nextLine();
    menu();
 }

 public void menu() {
    System.out.println("Welcome to the text editor.\n"
    + "What do you want to do?\n"
    + "1. count characters"?;
    int choice = scan.nextInt();
    
    if (choice == 1) {
        counting();
    }
  }
    
  public void counting() {
    System.out.println(text.length());
  }
}

Also field scan in class TextEd seems to have no purpose and should therefore be removed.

your code has compile error because the parentheses in System.out.println() in menu are not closed properly.

you want to call a method of a text String in another method, so you can pass text to that method or just define it as a field in your class so that other methods can reach that variable.

import java.util.Scanner;

public class TextEd {

	Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		Editor editor = new Editor();
		editor.copiedText();
	}
}

class Editor {

	Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
	String text;

	public void copiedText() {

		System.out.println("Paste your text here");
		text = scan.nextLine();
		menu();
	}

	public void menu() {

		System.out.println("Welcome to the text editor.\n" 
        + "What do you want to do?\n"
        + "1. count characters?");
		int choice = scan.nextInt();

		if (choice == 1) {
			counting();
		}

	}

	public void counting() {

		System.out.println(text.length());
	}
}

be aware of blocks, every variable that is defined in other blocks or methods, is not reachable in other blocks or methods.