how to pass a variable from a method to another

[amr]

in this code, i would like to know how to pass the convertedWorkArray from the first method to the second one ??
N.B:
1-both methods belong to the same class
2-i dont want the method ( getsum) to receive any parameters from the (main), i just want to know how to set the (convertedworkarray) visible to the method (getsum)

public  int []convertStrToInt() 
    	{
    		int [] convertedWorkArray = new int [workarray.length];
 
    		for (int i=0;i<workarray.length;i++)
    			convertedWorkArray[i]=Integer.parseInt(workarray[i]);
    		    System.out.println("Your array was converted into integers");
            return convertedWorkArray;
        } 
 
 public int getSum()
     {
     	int sum=0;
     	for (int i=0 ; i< convertedWorkArray.length ; i++)
     		sum+ = convertedWorkArray[i];
     		return sum;               		
     }

[aussiemcgr]

You need to give the getSum() method a parameter that accepts an int[]. Then you need to send it the int[] when you call the method:

public int getSum(int[] arr)
     {
        int sum=0;
        for (int i=0 ; i< arr.length ; i++)
            sum+ = arr[i];
            return sum;                    
     }