are there procedures like turning?

[magicman]

Im making a game in turing and im using procs in the program and im goin to transfer the program into java, is ther procedures in java? i know that they will be another name.

[[Gandalf]]

A procedure is just a function that doesn't return any value, so why not do that in Java? A function in Java is a method btw.

[MysticVegeta]

I am new to java so this might be a little bad code but feel free to correct me

code:

//A procedure that outputs something. public static void myProc { System.out.println("Something"); }

Now...

code:

//A function that returns an "int" product of 2 ints. public static int Multiply (int a, int b) { return a * b; }

[wtd]

MysticVegeta wrote:

I am new to java so this might be a little bad code but feel free to correct me

code:

//A procedure that outputs something. public static void myProc { System.out.println("Something"); }

Now...

code:

//A function that returns an "int" product of 2 ints. public static int Multiply (int a, int b) { return a * b; }

You've got the basics. However, all method names should begin with a lower-case letter.

Also, use the Java syntax highlighting.

code:

[syntax="java"][/syntax]

Oh, and please indent, and don't leave spaces between the parameter list and the method name.

[[Gandalf]]

Quote:

and don't leave spaces between the parameter list and the method name.

I'm not liking these Java conventions...

[rizzix]

that's not just a java convention.. it's a C/C++/Perl/and quite a few other langs that support a C-like syntax.. convention... get used to it.. it's the way the world works..

[wtd]

And there are far worse annoyances awaiting you.

[Aziz]

wtd wrote:

And there are far worse annoyances awaiting you.

Amen to that.

And yes, there are procedures in java, like turing, but the Java program is strictly Object-Orientated. EVERYTHING is an object. Turing is a procedural language . . . things are done in procedures. So your program is an "object" and the object has methods (procedures/functions), and fields (variables). The methods belong to the object. The object can use the methods, or if the methods are public other objects can either create an instance (like taking a blueprint and making something new) and use it's function (if it's non-static) or it can call on the object's method through referencing through the object, like this: MyObject.myMethod(); These methods are "static" methods, meaning they're attached to their class. I hope I'm right. rizzix/wtd, Please correct

[[Gandalf]]

Hmm... Maybe I could just ignore it altogether?

I just don't understand it. Having spacing between the brackets, spacing after the method name, and a whole bunch of other stuff makes the code so much more readable. We need more whitespace!

Ah, it doesn't matter either way. If it's so important I will learn it some time, right now I am mostly programming 'for fun'.

[wtd]

Aziz wrote:

These methods are "static" methods, meaning they're attached to their class. I hope I'm right. rizzix/wtd, Please correct

More or less right, though as I specify in the Introduction to Java thread in Java Tutorials, perhaps a better term is "context".

[magicman]

alright, all of that talk just confused me a whole lot more!!!! can any one tell me what they were saying in basic retard terms. Is there something easyer that what the people were posting??? HELP!

[wtd]

http://www.compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?t=9576

See "A bit of theory" and "Creating your own methods".

[magicman]

Thanx for the help man.

[magicman]

alright. I think i got it. so i use..

code:

//A procedure that outputs something. public static void myProc { System.out.println("Something"); }

to make the procedure. but how do you play or run the procedure?
and yes i can't spell and yes i am lazy