title: error: cannot find symbol - variable out
body: <p>I want a System class to read the books that have been written in a text file.</p>
  
  <pre><code>import java.io.BufferedReader;
  import java.io.FileReader;
  import java.text.ParseException;
  import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
  import java.util.Date;
  
  public class System
  {
      private String FILENAME = "books.txt";
      private static final int MAX_BOOKS = 10;
  
          public void readBooks()
      {
          BufferedReader br = null;
          try {
              br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(FILENAME));
              String line = null;
              int count=0;
  
              while ((line = br.readLine()) != null &amp;&amp; count &lt; MAX_BOOKS) {
                  String[] values = line.split(",");
  
                  String ISBN = values[0];
                  String author = values[1];
                  String title = values[2];
                  String subject = values[3];
  
                  String inputDate = "04/04/2015";
                  SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("d/M/yyyy");
                  Date date = null;
                  try {
                      date = formatter.parse(values[4]);
                  }
                  catch (ParseException exc)
                  {
                     System.out.println("A date format error occurred"); //***
                  }
  
                  Transaction bok = new Book(ISBN,author,title,subject,date);
                  books[count] = bok;
  
                  count++;
              }
              br.close();
  
              numberOfBooks = count;
  
              System.out.println("Books read from file successfully");
  
              updateBalance();
          }
          catch (Exception ex) {
             System.out.println("A file error occurred");
          }
      }
  
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The error in the title refers to the System.out.println that I have highlighted. Why does this error show up and how can I fix it? Thanks in advance!</p>