HELP GUYS!!

I write out some Pseudo Code thoughts to get my Logic calc going --- then comment out stuff ... or delete it

// call method in main ( ) with Argument value *243* mapping into Method Parameter inches
    System.out.println(getFeetFromInches(243));
// it's a formula that plugs in different numbers using a conversion factor  {   stuff in here calculates    }
    }

   public static int getFeetFromInches(int inches) {
            // int inches is the Paramter in this Method -- it's a variable
           // getFeetFromInches =  declare a local variable and assign value here  > Nope <
      int feetPerInch = 12;
          // inches variable defined in method above
      int feet = inches / feetPerInch;
      return feet

int i = inches/12; return i;

First, I would not recommend making variables with the same with fucntion names. Second, your function get variable "inches", then you make new variable "getFeetFromInches" and initilize it wirh number 243. Afterwards you, for some reason, change and return NOT that value which you've got. I mean: getFeetFromInches(500), getFeetFromInches(-10) and getFeetFromInches(243) will return the same value - 243/12; (getFeetFromInches/12) P.S. Excuse me for my English.

Without telling you exactly the solution, inside the method getInches... you are trying to call itself. You just have to do the conversion using the variable that is passed in the parameter. And no need to tell the method that the number is 243, it already knows since it is the value that is stored in the argument.