Re: Cannot find symbol variable number?

From:
Alex.From.Ohio.Java@gmail.com
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Thu, 3 Apr 2008 11:54:51 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID:
<ec94abff-0d3e-4aa2-9adf-73656e7f4d32@m73g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>
On Apr 3, 2:14 pm, KyoGaSuki <jrockgadaisukida...@yahoo.co.jp> wrote:

Well, I changed it a little bit...or tried, at least. Please tell me
if I am getting any closer or further away...please?:

/**
 * @(#)try2.java
 *
 * try2 application
 *
 * @author Kasumi
 * @version 1.00 2008/4/3
 * Attempting to finally and sucessfully CALL a method...and...I still
prove unsucessful...
 */
 import java.util.*;

public class try2 {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
                Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
                int number;
        System.out.println(getNumber(number));
            }

    private static int getNumber(int number){
                Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
        System.out.print("Enter an integer: ");
        return number;
    }

}

-------------------- Error Report --------------------

C:\Users\Kasumi\Desktop\try2\src\try2.java:17: variable number might
not have been initialized
        System.out.println(getNumber(number));
                                     ^
1 error

Process completed.


Say:
int number=0;
that'll eliminate compiler error.

Alex.
http://www.myjavaserver.com/~alexfromohio/

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