Thread: Confused with constructor

basically it is giving me an error at the 2nd line new MyInterger(5)
Im not sure how to make the constructor to get rid of the errors when im calling myInteger, isEven,isOdd, isPrime in the main method.
Can someone please help me figure out what to change in the class MyInteger to make the program run smooth.

<public class Classwork {
 
 
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		MyInteger n1 = new MyInteger(5);
	    System.out.println("n1 is even? " + n1.isEven());
	    System.out.println("n1 is prime? " + n1.isPrime());
	    System.out.println("15 is prime? " + MyInteger.isPrime(15));
 
	    char[] chars = {'3', '5', '3', '9'};
	    System.out.println(MyInteger.parseInt(chars));
 
	    String s = "3539";
	    System.out.println(MyInteger.parseInt(s));
 
	    MyInteger n2 = new MyInteger(24);
	    System.out.println("n2 is odd? " + n2.isOdd());
	    System.out.println("45 is odd? " + MyInteger.isOdd(45));
	    System.out.println("n1 is equal to n2? " + n1.equals(n2));
	    System.out.println("n1 is equal to 5? " + n1.equals(5));
	  }
	}
 
class MyInteger {
 
 
 
public MyInteger(int value) {
	int number =  value;
}
 
public static boolean isPrime(int number){
for (int divisor = 2; divisor <= number / 2; divisor++){
	if (number % divisor == 0){
		return false;
	}
}
return true;
}
public static boolean isEven(int number){
 
	if (number % 2 == 0)
	return true;
 
 return false;
									}
 
public static boolean isOdd(int n2){
 
	if (n2 % 2 == 1)
	return true;
 
 return false;
									}
 
}
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I think that we kind of sort of need to see the error messages in full.

ok sorry here is the error message.
You can ignore the parseInt messages.

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.Error: Unresolved compilation problems:
The method isEven(int) in the type MyInteger is not applicable for the arguments ()
The method isPrime(int) in the type MyInteger is not applicable for the arguments ()
The method parseInt(char[]) is undefined for the type MyInteger
The method parseInt(String) is undefined for the type MyInteger
The method isOdd(int) in the type MyInteger is not applicable for the arguments ()

at Classwork.main(Classwork.java:7)

Do the offending methods really need parameters? Are you wanting to do tests on the parameteres, or are you instead wanting to get the parameters out of the picture and do tests on the number held by the class (aha!)?

well my instructor said i need to include the following things in my MyInteger class


• An int data field named value that stores the int value represented by this object.
• A constructor that creates a MyInteger object for the specified int value.
• A get method that returns the int value.
• Methods isEven(), isOdd(), and isPrime() that return true if the value is even, odd, or prime, respectively.
• Static methods isEven(int), isOdd(int), and isPrime(int) that return true if the specified value is even, odd, or prime, respectively.
• Static methods isEven(MyInteger), isOdd(MyInteger), and isPrime(MyInteger) that return true if the specified value is even, odd, or prime, respectively.
• Methods equals(int) and equals(MyInteger) that return true if the value in the object is equal to the specified value.
• A static method parseInt(char[]) that converts an array of numeric characters to an int value.
• A static method parseInt(String) that converts a string into an int value.

I guess I need parameters but Im not really sure.

You need to declare int number as a global variable, not local to your constructor, your int number is being destroyed as soon as constructor finishes... Once that is fixed all your other methods can be written without any parameters...

Sorry writing this on my phone so missed all of the problem, you haven't written a method isEven(), isOdd(), or isPrime(), which take no parameters, but will be working on the int that is assigned by the constructor once you've made it global scope... With the static methods, you won't be required to create a second instance of MyInteger, simply call the methods with an int parameter... Hope that helps