Thread: What am i doing wrong?

So, i want the programm to get 2 inputs from the user( car1money car1gas) and outprint them after it gets it. NOTE: i want this to be done with object and method procedures in order to understand the concepts of them( ignore the variables car2money and car2gas cause basically its the same thing). i know this is basic and im not sure if i should post it, but ill make this attemt to get help.

 
import java.io.*;
class testCars {
 
	public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException {
	BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
 
	//fields
	double car1money;
	double car2money;
	double car1gas;
	double car2gas;
 
 
	cars car1 = new Car1object();
	car1.Car1Method();
 
}
 
class cars{
 
 
	//constructor
	 Car1object(double car1money,double car1gas){
		this.car1money= car1money;
		this.car1gas = car1gas;
	}
 
	//method
	Car1Method(){
		System.out.println(" Money for the 1st car: ");
		car1money= br.read();
		System.out.println(" gas for the 1st car: ");
		car1gas= br.read();
		System.out.println("You typed:" + car1money + car1gas);
		}
 
	}

P.S. you can ignore the "throws IOexception" thank you in advance

Is there some reason you're not just using a Scanner( System.in ) to get user input from the keyboard?

Is there some reason you're not just using a Scanner( System.in ) to get user input from the keyboard?

yes, the excercise should be with no Scanner, even though im not sure what that means

Why do you have a constructor for a Carlobject in the class cars?

Your BufferReader object appears to be only local to the main method. I don't think it can find it inside that other class.

I see no carlmoney class variable declared inside the cars class.

where the constructor should be?

so the br object has to be public?

i dont think i understood compeletely what youre saying, but if im getting this, i have all my variables declared in the main class. shouldn't it be that way?

Where is the class named: main? Did you mean the main() method?
Variables defined in a method are NOT known outside of that method.
If you want all the methods in a class to be able to access a variable it should be defined at the class level, outside of any method.

i took all the fields and placed them in the clas cars and now i get 2 errors

Car1.java:25: error: invalid method declaration; return type required
Car1object(double car1money,double car1gas){
^
Car1.java:31: error: invalid method declaration; return type required
Car1Method(){
^
2 errors

how should i fix this?