{"id":18079,"date":"2022-10-29T03:38:28","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T22:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-java-different-parameters-resulting-to-different-outputs\/"},"modified":"2022-10-29T03:38:28","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T22:08:28","slug":"solved-java-different-parameters-resulting-to-different-outputs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-java-different-parameters-resulting-to-different-outputs\/","title":{"rendered":"[Solved] Java &#8211; different parameters resulting to different outputs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"answer-52871532\" class=\"answer js-answer accepted-answer js-accepted-answer\" data-answerid=\"52871532\" data-parentid=\"52871276\" data-score=\"1\" data-position-on-page=\"1\" data-highest-scored=\"1\" data-question-has-accepted-highest-score=\"1\" itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\">\n<div class=\"post-layout\">\n<div class=\"votecell post-layout--left\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"answercell post-layout--right\">\n<div class=\"s-prose js-post-body\" itemprop=\"text\">\n<p>What I think you&#8217;re trying to achieve is that when you call your method &#8220;horn&#8221; with some parameter it has to either use &#8220;Beep!&#8221; or &#8220;Boop!&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>First of:<\/p>\n<pre><code>void horn(a,b)\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Is not a valid function signature in Java, in a java function you always have to specify what type the input you&#8217;re providing is.<\/p>\n<p>In your function you&#8217;d have to define that a and b are String like so:<\/p>\n<pre><code>void horn(String a, String b)\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>If you&#8217;d want your code to function in the way you wrote it right now you&#8217;d have to move your code a little bit and you&#8217;d end up with this:<\/p>\n<pre><code>public class Vehicle {\nint maxSpeed;\nint wheels;\nString color;\ndouble fuelCapacity;\n\nvoid horn(String in) {\n    System.out.println(in);\n}\n\nvoid blink() {\n    System.out.println(\"I'm blinking!\");\n}\n}\n\nclass MyClass {\npublic static void main(String[ ] args) {\n    String a = \"Beep!\";\n    String b = \"Boop!\"; \n\n    Vehicle v1 = new Vehicle();\n    Vehicle v2 = new Vehicle();\n    v1.color = \"red\";\n    v2.horn(a);\n    v1.blink();\n    }\n}\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>An other way to achieve the functionality you&#8217;re looking for: You could also just use a boolean.<\/p>\n<pre><code>void horn(boolean a) {\n    if (a)\n    {\n        System.out.println(\"Beep!\");\n    }\n    else\n    {\n        System.out.println(\"Boop!\");\n    }\n}   \n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Then in order to do what you wanted to do you&#8217;d have to call the method like this:<\/p>\n<pre><code>\/\/ Use either true or false.\nv2.horn(true); \nv2.horn(false);\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mt24\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>            <span class=\"d-none\" itemprop=\"commentCount\">0<\/span> <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n<p>solved Java &#8211; different parameters resulting to different outputs <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] What I think you&#8217;re trying to achieve is that when you call your method &#8220;horn&#8221; with some parameter it has to either use &#8220;Beep!&#8221; or &#8220;Boop!&#8221;. 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