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[carlos123]

  public class MyActionListener implements ActionListener
     {
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt)
        {
            JComboBox yearcombo = (JComboBox)evt.getSource();
 
            // Get the new item
            Object stateselect = yearcombo.getSelectedItem();
 
        }
}

why doesnt this code work, it says it cant find "evt"

[r035198x]

  public class MyActionListener implements ActionListener
     {
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt)
        {
            JComboBox yearcombo = (JComboBox)evt.getSource();
 
            // Get the new item
            Object stateselect = yearcombo.getSelectedItem();
 
        }
}

why doesnt this code work, it says it cant find "evt"

Is that the exact error message you got? Please post the exact error message that you got. Also make sure you include all the necesasary import statements