Writing my own methods

Question

I'm trying to learn how to write my own methods and couldn't figure out what the problem is with the codes below.
public class methodtry {
    public static int myMethod1 (int a)
          a += 10;
          System.out.println("*** Method1, a is : " + a);
          return (a);
             int b = myMethod1(3);
           System.out.println(b);     
}it gives identifier expected error in the last System.out.println(b); part..
Edited by: SwmeRt on Mar 26, 2009 7:27 AM

Answer 1

You can't have free-floating statements like System.out.println(b); just inside a class. Why not put that statement in a method:
public class MethodTry {
    public static int myMethod1(int a) {
        a += 10;
        System.out.println("*** Method1, a is : " + a);
        return a;
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        int b = myMethod1(3);
        System.out.println(b);
}Start here: [http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/java/index.html]