turing equivalent

[Homer_simpson]

you know in turing when u wanna declare a procedure that could change the value of arguments you would go like this:
procedure blah(var args:int)
args:=3
end blah

now in java when i make a procedure... i can't change the value of my arguments inside my procedure... i need to know how to do that...

[rizzix]

well if it is a primitive: int, double, float, char, byte, short, long etc... you can't since primitives are passed my value. What u can do is use the Integer, Float, Double... etc.. encapsulation classes instead. Objects are passed by reference. so yep! you can do that. but i should point out.. thats bad coding in java terms.

in java, in fact most pure OOP languages: never change the contents of the arguments unless absolutely necessary

[wtd]

Indeed, the only way you could achieve something like this is by having the procedure alter an instance or static variable.

code:

import java.lang.*; import java.io.*; import java.util.*; class Test {    private static int number;    private static void addOneToNumber()    {       number = number + 1;    }    private static void main(String[] args)    {       number = 41;       addOneToNumber();    } }

[Homer_simpson]

well... that makes a lota sense... i think i'm gonna make a separete class just for that specific object of mine... thx for the response... + bits