Cortney Parsons

public class numbers { public static void main (int a, int b) { int a=10, int b=8;

The trouble that I am having is I am able to write the code up to giving the int a and int b a value and then I seem to get very confused on the rest. The part about having it add and subtract the values is getting me stuck.
[ October 08, 2006: Message edited by: Cortney Parsons ]

In my study book it wants me to create a class named Numbers whose main() method holds two integer variables. It wants me to create two additional methods,sum() and difference(), that compute the sum of and the difference between the two variables, once I have assigned values to the variables. I am having trouble with this. If someone could help me and give a reason behind their answer, that would be great.

i am wondering if anyone has any tips for me. i am very new to java programing. also does anybody know of any good books for beginners of java. i already have java for dummies. any help would be greatly appreciated.