Newby needs help

Starfox

Hi peeps the names Shane never mind that stupid name i created, anyway i just started learning Java off this website and i cant get this compile


// Create_account creates an account, deposites money, and returns an account
public account create_account(double balance)
{
account my_account;

// Instantiate a new ob
my_account = new account (balance);

// Call the deposite method of your object my_account
my_account.deposite (25.00);

return account;
}


Heres the link for the website im learning from http://www.javacoffeebreak.com/java102/java102.html

Can you tell me why this is not working, tnx

aidan_walsh

What error message are you getting from the compiler? Is that all the code?

Starfox

aidan_walsh wrote:

What error message are you getting from the compiler? Is that all the code?

Error message - 'class' or 'interface' expected

it never stated on the website i had to place this in the code

aidan_walsh

Ok.

What you have here is called a method. Its a block of code that you will call upon to do a task at a later time. Methods have to go inside Classes in order to be able to work. If you look further down the page you linked to, you will see the example Account class, with a number of example methods inside it.

The reason you are getting an error is because you have written a method that is not inside a class.

Starfox

aidan_walsh wrote:

Ok.

What you have here is called a method. Its a block of code that you will call upon to do a task at a later time. Methods have to go inside Classes in order to be able to work. If you look further down the page you linked to, you will see the example Account class, with a number of example methods inside it.

The reason you are getting an error is because you have written a method that is not inside a class.

oh right i see now, thanks for help:D