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From: rustboy86@gmail.com (rustboy86)
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Subject: Re: Please help
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2017 09:29:36 +1200
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On Thursday, December 7, 2017 at 4:54:27 PM UTC, Eric Douglas wrote:
> On Thursday, December 7, 2017 at 11:31:40 AM UTC-5, rust...@gmail.com wrote:
> > So far i have written....(Which is wrong)
> >
> > public class M250Account
> > {
> >    /* instance variables */
> >
> >    private String accountNum;
> >    private int X00000;
> >    private double balance;
> >
> >     /**
> >     * Constructor for objects of class M250Account
> >     */
> >    public M250Account()
> >    {
> >      this.accountNum = X00000;
> >    }
> >
> >    /**
> >     * An example of a method - replace this comment with your own
> >     */
> >    public getAccountNum()
> >    {
> >       return this.accountNum;
> >    }
> > }
>
> Did you compile this with your BlueJ to see your error?
> All I'm seeing wrong with this is your getter method forgetting to declare
the return type.

the error is on

public getAccountNum()

invalid method declaration; return type required

What should i put?