Assigning a variable to a class
<p>I am doing a simple tutorial for Java using Eclipse and am running into an issue I can't seem to resolve: </p>

<p>package edu.sti.java1;</p>

<p>public class Driver {</p>

<pre><code>public static void main(String[] args) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    System.out.println ("This is a Java Program Console Output String!");
    Shout s;
    System.out.println("Are you: "
         + s.getFname()
         + " " + s.getMi()
         +". " + s.getLname()
         + ", " + s.getAge()
         +" YEARS OF AGE?");
    }
</code></pre>

<p>}</p>

<p>I get an error that 's' has not been initiated. There are a ton of topics about an integer variable being declared and initiated but I can't seem to find one about assigning a class to a variable. The class 'Shout' appears to be set up properly and is straight from the tutorial. </p>

<p>If anyone can point out my mistake that would be great. If it isn't obvious I am pretty new to programming. </p>

<p>Thanks!</p>