Thread: Please help! Passing variables between modules.

I have altered my code. Please let me know if I am any closer. I can't get variables to pass from checkModel and checkYear to printResults. This is what the code is supposed to do:

The Insurance module calls the checkModel module which prompts the user for a car model and returns a code that indicates whether the car is insurable. If the model is insurable, the Insurance module then calls the checkYear module, which prompts for a year manufactured and returns a code that indicates whether the car is insurable. The Print Results module tells the user whether the car can be insured.

import java.io.*;
 
public class Insure
{
	// declare global scope variables
	private BufferedReader input = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
	private String inputString;
 
 
	public Insure()throws IOException{
		//I-O-P
		initialize();
		insureProcess();
		cleanUp();
	}	
 
 	public void initialize() 
	{
		System.out.println("Enter car information to see if it is insurable:");
		System.out.println();
 
	}// end initialize
 
	public void insureProcess() throws IOException
	{
 
		// declare local variable for car choice
		String car;
		boolean insurable;
		int year;
 
		// Check Model for insurability
 
		System.out.println("Enter a car model: ");
		inputString = input.readLine();
                	car = inputString;
 
 
		// Check Year for insurability
 
		System.out.println("Enter a year: ");
                                inputString = input.readLine();
                                year = Integer.parseInt(inputString);
 
		// Print Results
 
	}// end insureProcess
 
	public boolean checkModel(String car, boolean insurable)
	{
		if (car.equals("Ford") || car.equals("Chevy") || car.equals("Toyota"))
			insurable = true;
		else
			insurable = false;
		return insurable;
	}//end checkModel
 
	public boolean checkYear(int year, boolean insurable)
	{
		if(year >= 1990)
			insurable = true;
		else
			insurable = false;	
		return insurable;
	}// end checkYear
 
	public void printResults(boolean checkModel, boolean checkYear, boolean insurable)
	{
		if(checkModel == true && checkYear == true)
			System.out.println("Insurable");
		else
			System.out.println("Not insurable");
 
	}// end printResults
 
 
	public void cleanUp()
	{
		System.out.println();
 
	}// end cleanup
 
	public static void main(String [] args) throws IOException // main method
	{
		new Insure();
 
	} // end the main method
 
} // end the program

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Originally Posted by Aberdeen

I can't get the printResults module to display results at all.

You will have to actually call the method if you want it to run