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The document discusses different programming concepts related to methods in Java including defining methods, calling methods, passing arguments by value, overloading methods, and variable scope. It provides examples and explanations of each concept.

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PPT07 - Methods

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Introduction to Programming

Week – 7
Method
LEARNING OUTCOMES
• LO3: Design and apply the right algorithms to solve problem Using
JAVA
OUTLINE
Defining a Method

Calling a method

Passing argument by value

Overloading method

The scope of variable


Defining a Method
Defining a Method
• A method definition consists of method name, parameters, return
value type, and body. The syntax for defining a method is as follows:

modifier returnValueType methodName(list of parameters) {


// Method body;
}
Calling a method
Calling a method
• To execute the method, you have to call or invoke it. The program that calls
the function is called a caller.
• If a method returns a value, a call to the method is usually treated as a
value. For example, int larger = max(3, 4); calls max(3, 4) and assigns the
result of the method to the variable larger.
• Another example of a call that is treated as a value is
System.out.println(max(3, 4)); which prints the return value of the method
call max(3, 4).
• If a method returns void, a call to the method must be a statement. For
example, the method println returns void. The following call is a statement:
System.out.println("Welcome to Java!")
Passing argument by value
Passing argument by value
• The power of a method is its ability to work with parameters. You can
use println to print any string, and max to find the maximum of any
two int values. When calling a method, you need to provide
arguments, which must be given in the same order as their respective
parameters in the method signature.
Example
Overloading method
Overloading Method
• The max method used earlier works only with the int data type. But
what if you need to determine which of the two floating-point
numbers has the maximum value? The solution is to create another
method with the same name but different parameters,
The scope of variable
The scope of variable
• You can declare a local variable with the same name in different
blocks in a method, but you cannot declare a local variable twice in
the same block or in nested blocks, as shown in Figure below
REFERENCES
• Y.Daniel, 2020, Introduction to Java Programming and Data Structure,
Comprehensive Edition, Chapter 6

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