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Difficulty with method headers.
Write only the method headers. Overload a method name, if appropriate.
a. Calculate the largest of 2, 3, or 4 integer values.
int val(int a, int b, int c ,int d)
if (a > b && b > c && b > d)
{return a + b;}
else if (a > c && c > b && b > d)
{return a + c;}
Is it asking for something similar to this? What do they mean by calculate the largest?
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Re: Difficulty with method headers.
what you have would be appropriate for 4 value inputs, but sometimes you'll only have 2 or 3, according to the problem. Overload the method name by making the same method again, but only giving it values a & b, then again with values a, b & c. Obviously, rewrite the body to reflect the number of inputs. Then, the correct method will be called depending on how many values are passed in.
correct your body for the 4 inputs first, right now it's not going to work. something like:
public int vals(int a, int b, int c, int d){ int highest = a; if(b>highest) highest = b; if(c>highest) highest = c; if(d>highest) highest = d; return highest; }
Last edited by Herah; October 29th, 2011 at 05:28 PM.
Re: Difficulty with method headers.
public class ttt
{
public int vals(int a, int b, int c, int d)
{
a=3; b=2; c=10; d=4;
int highest = a;
if(b>highest)
highest = b; System.out.println(highest);
if(c>highest)
highest = c; System.out.println(highest);
if(d>highest)
highest = d;
System.out.println(highest);
return highest;
}
}
There are no errors but nothing shows up. Can you tell me why?
Re: Difficulty with method headers.
What you have listed above is a fragment, not a program, so it wont run. If you want to test it you could do something like this:
public class ttt { /** * @param args */ public static void main(String[] args) { vals(3, 2, 10, 4); // calls vals method using 4 arguments } public static int vals(int a, int b, int c, int d){ int highest = a; if(b>highest) highest = b; System.out.println(highest); if(c>highest) highest = c; System.out.println(highest); if(d>highest) highest = d; System.out.println(highest); return highest; } }
your print statements are just giving you an idea of what's happening to your highest value, so are good for debugging. You don't need them for the actual program, of couse.
Re: Difficulty with method headers.
how does vals(3, 2, 10, 4); and my int numbers different?
Re: Difficulty with method headers.
They're essentially going to end up printing the same thing, but what you're doing by putting int numbers into your method is overriding the ints that are passed in, making them meaningless. However, it still would have worked. What you were missing to get the program to run was a main method. The main method calls your other method and should pass the values in when it's called.
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