Creating methods in an applet

Question

I am confused on how to create methods in an applet. I know how to create them in an application. However, if an applet, do you create the methods in the Class Header, after the init() method, or the paint (Graphics g) method.
I am trying to create a method called StudentName where the Student name and class.
I originally had the method in the class body but I received error messages -- mainly because I hadn't started the paint method yet.
thanks for your help.
Here is a sample of the code I am using:
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.Graphics;
public class ClassAverageApplet extends JApplet
      String first,second, third, fourth,fifth, name, className;
      double a,b,c,d,e,f, sum;
    public void init() 
      ClassAverageApplet student = new ClassAverageApplet();
      name = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Student's name please");
      className = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Class");
      first = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Please enter first Grade");
      a = Double.parseDouble(first);
      second = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("please enter second Grade");
      b = Double.parseDouble(second);
      third = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("please enter Third Grade");
      c = Double.parseDouble(third);
      fourth = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("please enter Fourth Grade");
      d = Double.parseDouble(fourth);
      fifth= JOptionPane.showInputDialog("please enter Fifth Grade");
      e = Double.parseDouble(fifth);
      f = (a + b + c + d + e)/5;
      sum = a + b + c + d + e;
   public void paint(Graphics g)
      public void StudentName()
         g.drawString("Student:    " + name,25,25);
         g.drawLine(25,25,70,25);
         g.drawString("Class:      " + className,25,40);
         g.drawLine(25,40,60,40);
       g.drawRect(15,10,300,150);
   if(f  > 89)
     student.StudentName();
//I am replacing these next four statements with the StudentName method
   // g.drawString("Student:    " + name,25,25);
   // g.drawLine(25,25,70,25);
   // g.drawString("Class:      " + className,25,40);
   // g.drawLine(25,40,60,40);
    g.drawString("Your final grade is an A ",25,50);
    g.drawString("The sum of your grades out of 500 points is " + sum ,25,60);
    g.drawString("The grade average is " + f,25,70);
    g.drawString("Here are your grades for the class",70,90);
    g.drawLine(70,90,255,90);
    g.drawString("First Grade:    " + a,25,110);
    g.drawLine(25,110,90,110);
    g.drawString("Second Grade:   " + b ,25,120);
    g.drawLine(25,120,90,120);
    g.drawString("Third Grade:    " + c,25,130);
    g.drawLine(25,130,90,130);
    g.drawString("Fourth Grade:   " + d ,25,140);
    g.drawLine(25,140,90,140);
    g.drawString("Fifth Grade:    " + e,25,150);
    g.drawLine(25,150,90,150);
    }

Answer 1

i don't think you know what you're talking about. there's no difference between the way you write an applet or application. one has an init() method one has main(String[] args) method. one extends applet, but i won't tell you which.
i'm sure you need to define half of your methods inside the paint() method and the other half inside the init() method. it does matter what goes where as long as it's half and half. the important thing is to make sure you have an even number of methods, otherwise your applet will behave oddly.