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Thread: Userinfo class help

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    Default Userinfo class help

    Hello all, i am having trouble with this assignment where i have to make a class called userinfo that has fields (name,phone number,address, and idNumber). i must define the class using setters,getters a constructor and a toString method. i have to make the constructor generate the idnumber by defining a static variable named lastidNumberUsed somehow. I do not understand this, my professor is not very helpful and there are no java tutors in my area. i would appreciate any kind of help or feed back. Thanks


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    Default Re: Userinfo class help

    What have you done?

    I am more than weilling to help but I will not do it for you. If you ask a specific question about a specific problem then I can provide a specific answer. Many times people say "I don't know where to start". If that is true then you should not be doing the course. Writing a class with the correct name that does not is a start. You then go from there using your instructions as a guide. By that I mean it tells you exactly what instance variables you need. All you have to do is determine what type they should be.

    In brief, make a start. When you get stuck post your code and any error messages and ask specific questions.
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    Default Re: Userinfo class help

    Well alright, so far i have.
    import java.util.Scanner;

    public class userinfo
    {

    public int name;
    public int phone;
    public int address;
    public int idNumber;

    public userinfo() {
    }
    public void set name(int newValue) {
    name = newValue;
    }

    public void set phone (int newValue) {
    phone = newValue;
    }
    public void set address (int newValue) {
    address = newValue;
    }


    I do not know what to do from here, or how to approach making the static variable that produces my random number.

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    Default Re: Userinfo class help

    Well alright, so far i have.
    import java.util.Scanner;

    public class userinfo
    {

    public int name;
    public int phone;
    public int address;
    public int idNumber;

    public userinfo() {
    }
    public void set name(int newValue) {
    name = newValue;
    }

    public void set phone (int newValue) {
    phone = newValue;
    }
    public void set address (int newValue) {
    address = newValue;
    }


    I do not know what to do from here, or how to approach making the static variable that produces my random number.

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    Default Re: Userinfo class help

    Quote Originally Posted by sunce69 View Post

    I do not know what to do from here, or how to approach making the static variable that produces my random number.
    - Declare a static variable as private member of the class.
    - Increase the static variable's value by 1 and assign it to the ID variable.

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    Last edited by hns1984; January 11th, 2012 at 06:58 PM.

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