Thread: problem in my code

I wrote this code to operate with lengths. However , the value of Lt1 changes when I call the add method. I am new to JAVA ; can't understand what's gone wrong.

public class mcmLength {
 
    int m,cm,mm,temp,temp1,temp2;
    mcmLength(int met,int cms,int mils){
        m=met;
        cm=cms;
        mm=mils;
    }
 
    mcmLength(int mils){
        m=mils/1000;
        cm=(mils - m*1000)/10;
        mm=mils - (m*1000) - (cm*10);
    }
 
    mcmLength(double cms){
        temp=(int)cms*10;
        m=temp/1000;
        cm=(temp - m*1000)/10;
        mm=temp - (m*1000) - (cm*10);
    }
 
    mcmLength(){
        m=cm=mm=0;
    }
 
    double Area(mcmLength L2){
        return (this.m*1000 + this.cm*10 + this.mm)*(L2.m*1000 + L2.cm*10 + L2.mm)/1000000;
 
    }
    String add(mcmLength L2){
        temp=(this.m+L2.m)*1000 + (this.cm+L2.cm)*10 + (this.mm +L2.mm);
        m=temp/1000;
        cm=(temp - m*1000)/10;
        mm=temp - m*1000 - cm*10;
        return Integer.toString(m) + " m " + cm + " cm " + mm + " mm" ;
    }
    String sub(mcmLength L2){
        temp1= this.m*1000 + this.cm*10 + this.mm ;
        temp2= L2.m*1000 + L2.cm*10 + L2.mm;
        temp=(Math.max(temp1,temp2)- Math.min(temp1,temp2));
        m=temp/1000;
        cm=(temp - m*1000)/10;
        mm=temp - m*1000 - cm*10;
        return Integer.toString(m) + " m " + cm + " cm " + mm + " mm  "  ;
    }
    public String toString(){
        return Integer.toString(m) + " m " + cm + " cm " + mm + " mm ";
     }
}
 
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public class Test {
    public static void main(String[] args){
        int i = (int)(Math.random()*10000);
        double d = Math.random()*1000;
        final mcmLength Lt1 = new mcmLength(i);
        final mcmLength Lt2 = new mcmLength(d);
        System.out.println("Line 1 : " + Lt1);
        System.out.println("Line 2 : " + Lt2);
        System.out.println("\nSum    : " + Lt1.add(Lt2));
        System.out.println("\nLine 1 : " + Lt1);
        System.out.println("\nDiff   : " + Lt1.sub(Lt2));
        System.out.println("Area = : " + Lt1.Area(Lt2) + " sq.m.");
    }
 
   }

---------------- please help

Hay look at this

String add(mcmLength L2)
	{
		temp=(this.m+L2.m)*1000 + (this.cm+L2.cm)*10 + (this.mm +L2.mm);
		[B][COLOR="Red"]m=temp/1000;                [COLOR="DarkSlateBlue"] //   The Problem is here, m is the variable of Lt1 and you are modifying it [/COLOR]
		cm=(temp - m*1000)/10;                               [COLOR="RoyalBlue"]//   This is same as accessing this.cm [/COLOR]
		mm=temp - m*1000 - cm*10;[/COLOR][/B]  
		return Integer.toString(m) + " m " + cm + " cm " + mm + " mm" ;
	}
[COLOR="SeaGreen"][B]
[/B][/COLOR]

In this method m and this.m both are similar by mistake you are modifying the value of Lt1
If you dont want to change the value of Lt1 then you should use some other local variables

Good Luck