How do you call the same parameters from function to function

Question

I need to create several functions to try and consolidate and clear up readability in my program and I need to call the same things in all the functions. How do I do that without writing everything I need to call in each function?

Answer 1

Yeah . . that's pretty much right on base. Except this is how I did it and it doesn't quite work the way I thought.
This first bit is what I wrote to replace the redundant code
class Header   // this class is all the declaration stuff for the events
    { public void Header()
           {  SerialRead s;
           String serialString;
           int newline1,newline2;
           String line1,line2,line3,linetmp;
           String spindle,torque1,torque2,torque3,angle1,angle2,angle3;
              int tval1 = Integer.parseInt(torque1);
              int tval2 = Integer.parseInt(torque2);
              int tval3 = Integer.parseInt(torque3);
              int aval1 = Integer.parseInt(angle1);
              int aval2 = Integer.parseInt(angle2);
              int aval3 = Integer.parseInt(angle3);
    }This is how I thought it should be implemented
class AcceptPass1 extends Header implements ActionListener{
  public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
     s=new SerialRead();
     s.findPort();
     waitForSerial=true;
     s.openConnection();
     blank_l1.setText("Waiting for data from Pass #2");
     while(waitForSerial){
     blank_l1.setText("Data Received.  Please verify data!");
     s.closeConnection();
     serialString=serialBuffer.toString();
     line1=serialString.substring(0);
     linetmp=serialString.substring((serialString.indexOf("ZZZ") + 3));
     line2=linetmp.substring(0);
     line3=linetmp.substring(linetmp.indexOf("ZZZ") + 3);