Hi Rene You'll probably get more help with code that doesn't work if you send that code, rather than code that does work. :-) We'd have to see exactly what you're doing in generateNewName() to see what isn't working properly.
Check here in the tutorial for static methods: http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/java/javaOO/classvars.html and scroll to "Class Methods". Just before the section on constants, you will find dot points that suggest what you can't do with instance and static methods and variables. Check to see if anything there helps. The PS: you are using a method. It is called main(). Having a main() method in a class means the class can run as a standalone program. One reason for using other methods is because your class may not be a standalone program. It may be, for instance, a name generator for a role playing game that creates random names for its characters. In that case, the RPG program would only call the methods in your class that are useful to it, and not run the whole program. hth mcalex 2008/9/2 Rene Erwee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi all > > > > Please help. Even though the code below gives the result required, I have > not followed the instructions in the assignment i.e. to write a method to > achieve the result. I keep on getting errors when I try to write a Static > Method called generateNewName() to get the same output. Some pointers, > please? PS: why is it necessary to use methods if the same result can be > achieved without it? > > > > Thanks > > > > > > public class OwnBuiltinClasses { > > > > /** > > * @param args the command line arguments > > */ > > public static void main(String[] args) { > > System.out.println("I am receiving the first names of four family " > + > > " members as command line arguments.. "); > > > > // Check if a command line argument exists > > if(args.length != 4){ > > System.out.println("Please enter four names!"); > > System.exit(0); > > } > > > > // Assign each name to a variable > > String name1 = args[0]; > > String name2 = args[1]; > > String name3 = args[2]; > > String name4 = args[3]; > > String [] familyString = {name1 + name2 + name3 + name4}; > > > > System.out.println(name1); > > System.out.println(name2); > > System.out.println(name3); > > System.out.println(name4); > > > > // Select 2nd character in each String name > > char i = name1.charAt(1); > > char j = name2.charAt(1); > > char k = name3.charAt(1); > > char l = name4.charAt(1); > > > > // Display the names and ages of all family members > > System.out.println("The new first name is = " + i + j + k + l); > > > > } > > > > } > > > > Kind regards > > * * > > *Rene Erwee* > > *Conveyancing Director*** > > *EDELSTEIN-BOSMAN INC* > > > > 222 Lange Street > > New Muckleneuk > > Pretoria > > > > Tel: (012) 452 8900 > > Fax: (012) 452 8901 > > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for > the addressee and may also be privileged or exempt from disclosure under > applicable law. If you are not the addressee, or have received this e-mail > in error, please notify the sender immediately, delete it from your system > and do not copy, disclose or otherwise act upon any part of this e-mail or > its attachments. > > Internet communications are not guaranteed to be secure or virus-free. > Edelstein-Bosman Inc does not accept responsibility for any loss arising from > unauthorised access to, or interference with, any Internet communications > by any third party, or from the transmission of any viruses. Replies to > this e-mail may be monitored by Edelstein-Bosman Inc for operational or > business reasons. > > Any opinion or other information in this e-mail or its attachments that > does not relate to the business of Edelstein-Bosman Inc is personal to the > sender and is not given or endorsed by Edelstein-Bosman Inc. > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaprogrammingwithpassion?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
