Lottery Generator Error

[Rebecca Plumb]

import java.util.Arrays;
 
public class LotteryDrawing {
   public static void main(String[] args){
System.out.println("Your lucky lotto numbers are: "+args[0]);
   int desiredNumResults = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < desiredNumResults; i++){
   printASetOfLotteryResults();
  }

    
private static void printASetOfLotteryResults(){

      int n = 53;
// fill an array with numbers 1 2 3 . . . n
      int[] numbers = new int[n];
      for (int i = 0; i < numbers.length; i++)
         numbers[i] = i + 1;
 
      int k = 6;
// draw k numbers and put them into a second array
      int[] result = new int[k];
      for (int i = 0; i < result.length; i++){  
         // make a random index between 0 and n - 1
         int r = (int) (Math.random() * n);
 
         // pick the element at the random location
         result[i] = numbers[r];
 
         // move the last element into the random location
         numbers[r] = numbers[n - 1];
         n--;
      }
      // print the sorted array
      Arrays.sort(result);
return k;

Arrays.sort(result);  
System.out.println("Your lucky lotto numbers are: "+Arrays.toString(result));
}
}
}

[B]ERRORS:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.Error: Unresolved compilation problems:
The method printASetOfLotteryResults() is undefined for the type LotteryDrawing
Syntax error on token "void", @ expected
printASetOfLotteryResults cannot be resolved to a type
Syntax error, insert "enum Identifier" to complete EnumHeaderName
Syntax error, insert "EnumBody" to complete BlockStatement

at LotteryDrawing.main(LotteryDrawing.java:8)[/B]

[marc weber]

I think your compilation problem is primarily just misplaced/missing braces. If you align your indentation more carefully, you will see how these are (not) lining up.

Also, you can't return a value from a method with a return type of void. And if you do have a return statement, then that's where the method exits, so any code following it will be unreachable.
[ April 14, 2008: Message edited by: marc weber ]