Problems in creating class and method

Question

I have the following code:

public class String verifyWord(String wordChosen, Scanner reader){ //linha 1
    boolean answeredCorrectly = false;
    int tries = 1;
    String wordChosen = random.nextInt();
    String answer = wordChosen;

    while(tries>0 && answeredCorrectly == false) { //linha 6
        answer = reader.nextInt();

        if(wordChosen == answeredCorrectly) {
            System.out.println("You got it right");
            answeredCorrectly=true;
        }
        else if(answered =! wordChosen){
            System.out.println("Wrong");
        }
    }

}

In the first line according to the program there is an error, after String says I must put a key {, but I believe that this is not the solution. On line 6 in while the program says:

"illegal start of type".~

I started quite recently and I don’t understand how to solve these mistakes.

Answer 1

First you create the class and inside create the method, then it would be something like this:

public class AlgumNomeAqui {
    public String verifyWord(String wordChosen, Scanner reader){
        boolean answeredCorrectly = false;
        int tries = 1;
        String wordChosen = random.nextInt();
        String answer = wordChosen;
        while (tries>0 && !answeredCorrectly) {
            answer = reader.nextInt();
            if (wordChosen == answeredCorrectly) {
                System.out.println("You got it right");
                answeredCorrectly = true;
            }
            else if (answered != wordChosen) {
                System.out.println("Wrong");
            }
        }
    }
}

I put in the Github for future reference.

Obviously a class should not be that simple. I solved the problem reported in the question, but it is far from really solving the question. Still has ground to understand how to create a class.

There are cases that not even a class is really needed. Since Java requires classes, it can be static if it only has a utility method.

There were other mistakes. Try to learn in a structured way, one step at a time, the basics of the syntax, the imperative to then do more advanced things. If you don’t understand what each character does in the code is not actually programming.

Answer 2

You mixed class creation with method creation.

First create the class:

public class NomeDaClasse {
}

and the method you can put within the class:

public String verifyWord(String wordChosen, Scanner reader)
{
    ...
}

His method is with very strange logic, for example:

1. Has the return as string but nothing is returning.
2. Is using the function Random.nextInt() that returns a inteiro, and assigning to a variable string.

Finally, give a revised code, first of all, to avoid future problems.