Thread: Intro to Java

How long did it take you to make this post..?

Good job, great for people just starting. : )

OT: How long did it take to type?

gotta admit, good job

Originally Posted by The Wanderer

What the tutorial is saying is that inside a method you can define x. Obviously if you want x to always be 8196 you can do it your way, but if you want x to stand for multiple numbers you can declare x and then for each instance you can change what x equals. Correct me if I am wrong on this.

I don't know what you're saying..? X won't be final either way and can never represent more than one number at the same time.

Originally Posted by Mister Maggot

I don't know what you're saying..? X won't be final either way and can never represent more than one number at the same time.

This would work?

Code:

        int x;
        
        public void oRly() {
            x = 1986;
        }
        
        public void yaRly() {
            x = 555;
        }

And as for those who asked how long it took me to type, it took me approximately 3-5 days to type it. I can't exactly remember as I took breaks. :P I had to convert some of of the BBC tags because I typed it originally for a SMF forum. Just a simple Ctrl+H though. Thanks for all of the good comments!

Thanks for doing this, I'm watching online courses and this is helping me learn more.

This is a very nice tutorial. I actually learned something, and I thought I had pretty much covered most of what was in it Thanks for putting this up here!

Originally Posted by Timati

I think that's wrong...
Shouldn't it be like

Code:

int x = 8196;

?

Code:

int x = 2532;

That is the same thing as:

Code:

 
int x;
x = 2532;

Initialization of a primitive (in this case) and object references can be initiated on different lines or on the same line, it doesn't matter.

In simple terms, you can assign x the value of 2532 on the same line that you initialize the variable or you can do it on a different line of code it doesn't really matter unless the value is needed before it is set.