Userinfo class help

[sunce69]

Hello all, i am having trouble with this assignment where i have to make a class called userinfo that has fields (name,phone number,address, and idNumber). i must define the class using setters,getters a constructor and a toString method. i have to make the constructor generate the idnumber by defining a static variable named lastidNumberUsed somehow. I do not understand this, my professor is not very helpful and there are no java tutors in my area. i would appreciate any kind of help or feed back. Thanks

[Junky]

What have you done?

I am more than weilling to help but I will not do it for you. If you ask a specific question about a specific problem then I can provide a specific answer. Many times people say "I don't know where to start". If that is true then you should not be doing the course. Writing a class with the correct name that does not is a start. You then go from there using your instructions as a guide. By that I mean it tells you exactly what instance variables you need. All you have to do is determine what type they should be.

In brief, make a start. When you get stuck post your code and any error messages and ask specific questions.

[sunce69]

Well alright, so far i have.
import java.util.Scanner;

public class userinfo
{

public int name;
public int phone;
public int address;
public int idNumber;

public userinfo() {
}
public void set name(int newValue) {
name = newValue;
}

public void set phone (int newValue) {
phone = newValue;
}
public void set address (int newValue) {
address = newValue;
}


I do not know what to do from here, or how to approach making the static variable that produces my random number.

[sunce69]

Well alright, so far i have.
import java.util.Scanner;

public class userinfo
{

public int name;
public int phone;
public int address;
public int idNumber;

public userinfo() {
}
public void set name(int newValue) {
name = newValue;
}

public void set phone (int newValue) {
phone = newValue;
}
public void set address (int newValue) {
address = newValue;
}


I do not know what to do from here, or how to approach making the static variable that produces my random number.

[hns1984]

I do not know what to do from here, or how to approach making the static variable that produces my random number.

- Declare a static variable as private member of the class.
- Increase the static variable's value by 1 and assign it to the ID variable.

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