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EquationLineaire.java:13: <identifier> expected

 
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Hello,
I am new to java and I created a program and this comes up when I try and the variables from one function to another:

EquationLineaire.java:13: <identifier> expected
public boolean hasSolution(a,b,c,d) {
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Thanks in advance.
 
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That message says that you can't declare a method at that point in the code. In other words, it's saying something about what you have before and after that line. (Which we can't see...)
 
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I don't see what is wrong with my encoding This is the code:
 
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The method declaration is wrong

You cannot create object of a method

Java is not math. use '==' to check equality of primitives. '=' is an assignment operator. ax should be written as a*x

you cannot invoke methods on primitives.

Please read first few chapters of any good java book and you'll get to know how to fix the problem.

 
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And avoid == true or == false like the plague.

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Also avoid if (...) return true; else return false;
 
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Thank you guys Harsha what do you mean by primitives ? And I have read the method declaration chapters.
 
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Sebastien Zerbato wrote:Thank you guys Harsha what do you mean by primitives ?



Java's type system has two main "families" of types: reference types (for referring to objects) and primitives. The 8 primitive types are: byte, char, short, int, long, float, double, boolean.

And I have read the method declaration chapters.



Hint: You should review the method-calling chapters. :-)
 
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Ok thanks to you all
 
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Jeff Verdegan wrote:Hint: You should review the method-calling chapters. :-)


Looking at line 13, the method declaration chapter might be a useful read as well.
 
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