Me again! - printing count results

Question

hello,
i made a post earlier about this and someone replied but i still couldn't get it to work. i have to create a game (paper scissors rock) and it has to keep count of the number of wins player 1 and 2 have. i have to use separate methods. the problem is for some reason when it prints the number of wins it comes up with 0. i have cut out any unneeded code. please please help:
public class question2a
public static void main(String[] args)
char quit = 'y';
char c1 = 0;
char c2 = 0;
int player1wins = 0;
int player2wins = 0;
do
question2a.getinput();
question2a.winnercalculation(c1, c2, player1wins, player2wins);
System.out.println("Do you want to play again [y/n]");
quit = SavitchIn.readChar();
SavitchIn.read();
} while (quit != 'n');
question2a.outputresults(player1wins, player2wins);
public static void getinput()
char c1;
char c2;
int player1wins = 0;
int player2wins = 0;
System.out.println("Player 1 please enter a letter");
c1 = SavitchIn.readChar();
SavitchIn.read();
System.out.println("Player 2 please enter a letter");
c2 = SavitchIn.readChar();
SavitchIn.read();
private static void winnercalculation(char c1, char c2, int player1wins, int player2wins)
char rock = 'r';
char paper = 'p';
char scissors = 's';
if ((c1 == rock) && (c2 == scissors)) //rock and scissors
System.out.println("Player 1 Wins!");
player1wins = player1wins + 1;
else if ((c1 == rock) && (c2 == paper)) //rock and paper
System.out.println("Player 2 Wins!");
player2wins = player2wins + 1;
else if ((c1 == scissors) && (c2 == rock)) //scissors and rock
System.out.println("Player 2 Wins!");
player2wins = player2wins + 1;
public static void outputresults (int player1wins, int player2wins)
System.out.println("Player 1 has had "+player1wins+" number of wins");
System.out.println("Player 2 has had "+player2wins+" number of wins");
if you need the code for the savitchIn tell me and i will post it

Answer 1

Local variables are defined inside of methods. Fields are defined outside of methods. (Well there's more to it than that but that's how you can tell them apart.)
But actually I misread your code. You defined c1 and c2 as local variables in main().
So your code is fundamentally flawed.
The easiest thing is to make these fields, static as mambo2 said:
public class question2a
  static char c1 = 0;
  static char c2 = 0;
  static int player1wins = 0;
  static int player2wins = 0;
  public static void main(String[] args)
// etcOr, better yet, you could rework your code to actually be a real OOP program.
Either way, read the manual and learn about field/variable scoping, static vs instance fields, etc.