Main method errors

Question

I am trying to create the Euclid Algorithm in a simple command line application. I get the following error when I try to compile...
Cannot make a static reference to the non-static method getInputs()
Cannot make a static reference to the non-static method doGCD()
Cannot make a static reference to the non-static method doLCM()
public class Euclid
     public static void main(String[] args)
//This is where I try to invoke the methods getInputs(), doGCD(), and doLCM() but it errors.
     public void getInputs()
     {      //User defined inputs
     public void doGCD()     
     {      //Algorithm
     public void doLCM()     
     {      //Algorithm               
Is there a proper way to invoke these because I've been researching and I think I need to create objects, but I'm not sure what that means.

Answer 1

adam.lee wrote:
Try putting your methods outside of the main method. What does that even mean? They are outside the main() method. Unless you mean call them somewhere else, but that doesn't make sense because if you can't call any methods inside the main() method then you can't make your program do anything.
You can call them inside the main method but you might have to put 'static' in front.Terrible advice. You only ever make a method static if it needs to be static. Never, ever, ever, ever, EVER make a method static just for the sake of getting your program to compile. This breeds ignorance of what the term 'static' even means. Only make it static if it should belong to the class, and not an object of the class. A method like getInputs() shouldn't be static because each Euclid object could potentially have it's own inputs.