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long mantle Jan 30, 2023, 12:47 AM

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Im trying to make a countdown, but its not working for me. If i try to have public static void countdown(int n) { with out main(string) the program still asks for string

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dapper token Jan 30, 2023, 1:54 AM

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you're trying to declare a method inside another method

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pay attention to your brackets

long mantle Jan 30, 2023, 2:06 AM

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dapper token you're trying to declare a method inside another method

I know that but if i get rid of the main(string) this happens

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the program still asks for it

dapper token Jan 30, 2023, 2:07 AM

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you still need a main

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it's the entry point

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but you can't have methods inside methods

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methods can only be inside types (classes, interfaces, enums, records)

long mantle Jan 30, 2023, 2:08 AM

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ah

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so how would i input countdown or maybe even count up within my program?

dapper token Jan 30, 2023, 2:13 AM

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uh you already have?

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(although be careful, your method's going to break with a negative number)

long mantle Jan 30, 2023, 2:14 AM

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ah ok

dapper token Jan 30, 2023, 2:17 AM

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oh input, sorry i read that as implement

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as mentioned before, main is the entry point to the program
java calls that for you
anything else you want to do, you need to do from main

long mantle Jan 30, 2023, 2:31 AM

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ah ok thanks

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