need help with returning variables

[shadowman571]

I need help returning a variable from one method to the main method of my program, plain and simple I cant find how to do it.

Can anyone explain how i would go about doing this?

what i mean by this is
if i were to make

public static void main(string[] args)
{
}
public static void vars(string[]args)
{
string name ="Alan"
}

how would i send the information held in name back to main?

[wtd]

Do you know what "void" means?

[HeavenAgain]

Java:

class Testing {   public static void main(String[] args)   {     String myName = vars();     System.out.println(myName);   }   public static String vars()   {     return "Alan";   } }

[Euphoracle]

This is why I don't like the curriculum, they don't teach you any of the underlying concepts before teaching you the syntax. Our teacher says to us, and I quote: "You need to put public static void main( String args[] ) because you have to memorize it, without it you cannot write a program".

I mean seriously. Problems like this arise.

[wtd]

http://compsci.ca/v3/viewtopic.php?t=9576

[shadowman571]

Euphoracle @ Sat Oct 06, 2007 10:50 pm wrote:

This is why I don't like the curriculum, they don't teach you any of the underlying concepts before teaching you the syntax. Our teacher says to us, and I quote: "You need to put public static void main( String args[] ) because you have to memorize it, without it you cannot write a program".

I mean seriously. Problems like this arise.

that is what my teacher told me as well

and thankyou i understand now