Thread: complete noob, pretty sure I'm just missing one argument

Hi, I'm brand new to Java and I've just been making simple projects to get into the swing of things. So far I've had reasonable success but I can't figure out what the problem is with this code. I know it has something to do with the "System.out.println(puppyObject.setTime" thing but I have no idea what is wrong with it. It's probably something really simple and not important at all but I'd just like to know since I believe this might be important in future projects.

Here is the code:

import java.util.Scanner;
 
class kitten{
	public static void main(String args[]){
		Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
		puppy puppyObject = new puppy();	
 
		System.out.println(puppyObject.setTime(0, 0, 0));
		System.out.println(puppyObject.toMilitary());
	}
}
 
import java.util.Scanner;
 
class puppy{
	public int hour;
	public int minute;
	public int second;
 
	public void setTime(int h, int m, int s){
		Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
 
		hour = h;
		minute = m;
		second = s;
 
		System.out.println("Set the hour.");
		h = input.nextInt();
 
		while(m == 0){
		if(h >= 0 && h <=24){
			System.out.println("Set the minute.");
			m = input.nextInt();
		}
		else{
			System.out.println("Try again, make sure you input a number between 0 and 24.");
			h = input.nextInt();	
		}
		}
 
		while(s == 0){
		if(m >= 0 && m <= 60){
			System.out.println("Set the second.");
			s = input.nextInt();
		}
		else{
			System.out.println("Try again, make sure you input a number between 0 and 60.");
			m = input.nextInt();
		}
		}
 
		if(s >= 0 && s <= 60){
 
		}
		else{
			System.out.println("Try again, make sure you input a number between 0 and 60.");
			s = input.nextInt();
		}
	}
 
	public String toMilitary(){
		return String.format("%02d:%02d:%02d", hour, minute, second);
	}
}

Thanks in advance,
Terty

EDIT: I forgot to mention that I'd also just like to ask if I have to import the Scanner util in the main class if it's not really used there but the code that needs it is included.

Also, since the hour minute and second are within the scope of the setTime() method, unless they're returned somehow, they will not be accessible after the method completes.

By the way, your little check to make sure s is between 0 and 60 is not looped.

When I run everything that's in the puppy class it runs just fine, so I can't quite really understand why it can't just work the same. What do I have to use instead of System.out.println in this?

I used to have it on getTime but my friend changed it to setTime when he took a look at it, he's slightly better than I am in this but no pro. Thanks for the reply! :-D

What method can I use instead of println to use the now "getTime" method that I made?

If you want to dump output to the screen, println() is your way to go. So you can either execute the println() within the getTime() method, or you can have getTime return a String that the calling method can use println() on.