BleepingComputer.com: catch syntax in java

So I need help with using the catch method

here's my code

int cclass;
System.out.println("Please choose your character class");
System.out.println("1) Fighter");
System.out.println("2) Theif");
System.out.println("3) Mage");
try
{
	 cclass = keyboard.nextInt();	
} 
catch ( InputMismatchException inputMismatchException )
{
	 System.err.printf( "\nException: %s\n",
		 inputMismatchException );
	 scanner.nextLine();
	 System.out.println(
		"You must an integer. Please try again.\n" );
}
f (cclass <=1)//the < is to solve the need for boolean in that statement
{
	 cclassname = Fighter; 
}
else if (cclass <=2)
{
	 cclassname = Theif; 
}
else
{
	  cclassname = Mage;
}//the new variable cclassname is used in dialogue inside my game and is already initialized using the String method
//Also, all of it is inside a public static void main(String[] args) method with import.java.util.*; at the top

What I get when I compile it is variable cclass might not have been initialized... help?

You didn't initialize cclass until you entered the try block:
{
cclass = keyboard.nextInt();
}

This means that cclass could still be pointing to completely random RAM when you try to access it later in your catch blocks.

You can't simply assume that INT is 0 just because you haven't put something there.

Change
int cclass;

to
int cclass = 0;

Billy3