IRC log for #friendlyjava, 2018-05-05

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15:42	aditsu	hi
15:42	Glasspasta	I am looking for help with a java method
15:42	Glasspasta	https://pastebin.com/iTcSnhmQ
15:43	Glasspasta	there is my code
15:43	aditsu	Glasspasta: what is the purpose of line 2?
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15:47	Glasspasta_	line 2 take the current balance and adds it to the amount that is deposited
15:47	aditsu	no, line 2 is: "depAmount = 0.00;"
15:47	Glasspasta_	oh
15:48	Glasspasta_	i am setting the initial deposit
15:48	Glasspasta_	that could me my problem
15:48	aditsu	actually you are changing the deposit amount that was passed to the method
15:49	aditsu	making it always deposit 0
15:49	Glasspasta_	oh ok
15:50	Glasspasta_	i am not sure what my argument should be
15:51	Glasspasta_	let me see
15:52	Glasspasta_	so I am thinking it will work if I do not set the depAmount at all?
15:53	aditsu	well, it is set when the method is called
15:53	aditsu	you probably shouldn't set it inside the method
15:54	aditsu	when you call dep(12.34), depAmount becomes 12.34
15:54	Glasspasta_	ok link in my main method like Account customer1 = new Account; then call customer1(29.45);
15:55	aditsu	I don't think you can call customer1(29.45), because customer1 is an object, not a method
15:55	Glasspasta_	oh ok sorry i am super new to java
15:56	aditsu	you can call a method on an object
15:56	Glasspasta_	i see
15:56	aditsu	it's ok, you need to master the basic concepts
15:57	aditsu	if your dep method is from the Account class, you can probably call customer1.dep(29.45)
15:57	Glasspasta_	oh ok i see
15:57	aditsu	you call "object.method(argument values)"
15:58	Glasspasta_	cool i'll keep that info
15:59	Glasspasta_	my other issue that each time someone make a deposit to their account i want to keep a count
15:59	Glasspasta_	and do the same with the service fee
15:59	Glasspasta_	does line 4 and 5 do that?
16:00	Glasspasta_	to me it looks like it does
16:00	aditsu	well, you're incrementing deposits and service, it's good for counting, but I'm not sure how the service fee is supposed to be calculated
16:00	Glasspasta_	oh
16:01	aditsu	if the service fee is 1 for each deposit, then that's fine
16:01	aditsu	but I don't know that it is :)
16:01	Glasspasta_	yes it is
16:01	Glasspasta_	oh ok
16:01	aditsu	ok then
16:01	Glasspasta_	uhmmmm
16:02	Glasspasta_	this is my variable : private double service = 1.00;
16:02	aditsu	I doubt that you should set it to 1 initially
16:03	Glasspasta_	oh ok
16:03	aditsu	when you just start and don't have any transaction yet, I would expect it to be 0 (the default value)
16:03	Glasspasta_	i see, then I can use a while loop to check if the depoit is at 1 yet?
16:04	aditsu	I mean.. if you're using it to accumulate all the service fees
16:04	aditsu	I'm not sure what you mean
16:04	Glasspasta_	well i want the service fee to be 1.00 each time a deposit is made
16:04	aditsu	that's what service++ does
16:05	aditsu	it's adding 1 to service each time a deposit is made
16:06	Glasspasta_	ok cool, i'm also trying to see why i am getting an error message saying Field service not used, isn't it being used in service++
16:08	aditsu	error message?
16:08	Glasspasta_	yes
16:08	Glasspasta_	in netbeans
16:08	Glasspasta_	not really an error message but a notification that service is not used
16:09	aditsu	maybe it's just a warning
16:09	aditsu	it's probably saying that you're not using the value of the service field, e.g. not displaying it anywhere, but you're only setting it
16:10	Glasspasta_	oh ok
16:10	Glasspasta_	thanks for the help, I'll keep working on my program :-)
16:11	aditsu	no problem
16:11	Glasspasta_	hopefully it will work eventually
16:11	Glasspasta_	:-)
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