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From: Josip Almasi <joe@vrspace.org>
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Subject: Re: Help understanding methods
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On 07/28/2014 02:46 AM, Scott Dunning wrote:
> So, I'm very new to Java, I have a summer college course and we're on
> functions (methods) and I'm having a bit of trouble understanding them.
...

Certanly seems so.
Let me point out the difference.

A method is not a function. It's a pointer to function.
An object is a structured collection of pointers to functions and variables.
A class is definition of that structure.

Give or take, that's how we used to explain back in the day when folks 
were switching from C to java.
Nowadays folks switching from python to java, I need explanation without 
pointers and structures;>

Regards...