Static errors

Question

i dont fully understand this from what i understand though i need my
public static void main( String args[] )
to run my main method, but i keep getting errors saying i cannot use a non static variable in a static method. But i cant change my variable to static and i keep getting errors with my array of type String named board. please check out my code for the first few lines where the problem is and if anyoen can help.
public class TicTacToeTest
     // create a two demensional array and initialize it with default values
     private String[][] board = {{"_","_","_"},{"_","_","_"},{"_","_","_"}};
     // create a String variable for the name of the players
     private String name;
     public static void main( String args[], String board[][] )
     // create two objects for player x and player o
     TicTacToeTest x = new TicTacToeTest( "x" );
     TicTacToeTest o = new TicTacToeTest( "o" );
     // a for loop created to execute the main the maximum number of times
     for( int counter = 0; counter <= 5; counter ++)
          // a call to the method choice for object x
          // player x makes a choice
          x.choice( board );
          // check to see if last move by x finishes game
          x.check( board );
          // a call to the method choice for object o
          // player o makes a choice
          o.choice( board );
          // check to see if last move by o finishes game
          o.check( board );
     }

Answer 1

Check this code,public class TicTacToeTest
     // create a two demensional array and initialize it with default values
     private String[][] board = {{"_","_","_"},{"_","_","_"},{"_","_","_"}};
     // create a String variable for the name of the players
     private String name;
     public TicTacToeTest(String name)
          this.name=name;
     public static void main(String args[])
          // create two objects for player x and player o
          TicTacToeTest x = new TicTacToeTest( "x" );
          TicTacToeTest o = new TicTacToeTest( "o" );
          // a for loop created to execute the main the maximum number of times
          for( int counter = 0; counter <= 5; counter ++)
               // a call to the method choice for object x
               // player x makes a choice
               x.choice(x.board);
               // check to see if last move by x finishes game
               x.check(x.board);
               // a call to the method choice for object o
               // player o makes a choice
               o.choice(o.board );
               // check to see if last move by o finishes game
               o.check(o.board );
     private void choice(String name[][])
     private void check(String name[][])
}Sudha