Passing a variable from init to actionPerformed method

Question

hi everyone!
i d like your help on how i can pass two variables (wager, bankBalance)
to actionPerformed method. variable bankBalance is initialized out of init method(is it right?) and i prompt the user to set a wager in the method init.
i want to pass these values in actionPerformed in order to do the calculation bankBalance+wager.
public class Wager extends JApplet implements ActionListener {
     JLabel die1Label, die2Label, sumLabel, pointLabel;
     JTextField die1Field, die2Field, sumField, pointField;
     JButton rollButton;
     final int WON=0, LOST=1, CONTINUE=2;
     int bankBalance=1000;
     boolean firstRoll=true;
     int sumOfDice=0;
     int myPoint=0;
     int gameStatus=CONTINUE;
     // setup GUI components
     public void init()
     int i;      
     do {
  String k = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Enter a number less than 1000 but greater than 0");
   wager= Integer.parseInt(k);
} while (wager > 1000 || iwager< 1);
public void actionPerformed (ActionEvent actionEvent)
{

Answer 1

This was answered in the other thread that you double posted. What's the problem?
You can't PASS those to ActionPerformed. Like I said before, you have to make them class variables:
public class Wager implements ActionListener
    private int wager;
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
        // Now you can work with wager here, because it's a class variable.
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