help with code

[Emaney Sidd]

Can any one please help me finish the following code, filling in the blanks
PLZ this is very urgent, ......soon as possible

priavte void NSort(int first, int last, int increment)
{
for (int i = _ ; i <= _ ; _ )
{
int temp = contents[ _ ];
int j;
for (j= _ ; _ ; _ )
{
contents[ _ ] = contents[ _ ];
}
contents[ _ ] = temp;

}
}

[ EJFH: Remove request to take this offline. ]
[ March 11, 2006: Message edited by: Ernest Friedman-Hill ]

[Ernest Friedman-Hill]

Hi,

Welcome to JavaRanch!

We'll be glad to help. Show us what you've done so far, and we can tell you if it's right or not, and suggest where to go next.

[Emaney Sidd]

private void NSort(int first, int last, int increment)
{
for (int i = 0 ; i <=currSize ; ++i)
{
int temp = contents[ currSize];
int j;
for (j= 0 ; j<contents[currSize] ; ++j )
{
contents[ currSize] = contents[ temp];
}
contents[ i ] = temp;

}
}

[Garrett Rowe]

Well, the first thing I can see is that there is no variable in this method called "currSize". Is currSize a class scoped variable?

[Mark Van Tuyl]

I've formatted your code and added some comments. Hope it helps

//None of the parameters are ever used in this method
private void NSort(int first, int last, int increment)
{
//currSize isn't defined within this method
for (int i = 0 ; i <=currSize ; ++i)
{
//contents isn't defined within this method
//Regardless of the value of i, this statement
//will always do exactly the same thing.  Do you 
//understand why?
int temp = contents[ currSize];
int j;
for (j= 0 ; j<contents[currSize] ; ++j )
{
//Regardless of the contends of j, this 
//statement will always do exactly the same
//thing.  Do you understand why?
contents[ currSize] = contents[ temp];
}
//The same value will be assigned to each element
//in the contents array.  Do you understand why?
contents[ i ] = temp;
}
}