I can not figure out what I'm doing wrong...

Oh, because .using print in the method name print(String s), so print is in the variable name parameter passed from the main method statements? Does that make it the variable String s being declared in the method print ? Although the loop should not be in the main, in the first sample code, at least it is declaring print as a variable . Having print and then a statement in the second solution , I can see where that is declaring a variable but then isnt it declaring the same variable 3 different times which is illegal ? And is the method name, public static void print(String s), working as a call to the print statements in the main ? I am trying to get the specifics on how the print statements in the method print(String s).are called as parameters in the second method in a way that is clear. Like I go to burger king drive through and stop at the speaker and choose my order then the clerk confirms my order and gives me the cost and i drive up and give my card and get charged and get my food .So the order is a parameter passed from the main method- ordering the food, and the second method is the giving the bak card and the charge on the card is a function in the second method and receiving the food.

So using "System.out.println(s);" becomes System.out.println("Java is easy to learn!"). I am not certain how the program knows that String s = the print statements because I do not see anything declared.

I am confused. I see where String s is called as a parameter in the second method, but where is it called as a variable or linked to the print statements in the main ? public class Solution { public static void main(String[] args) { print("Java is easy to learn!"); print("Java is object-oriented!"); print("Java is platform-independent!"); } public static void print(String s) { //write your code here for(int a = 0; a<4; a++){ System.out.println(s); } } }

You should reset this, and try again from scratch. Leave the main method alone here, and work only where it says "//write your code here". In your version you're passing no arguments to the "print" method, leaving "String s" to do nothing..and then even if you were sending arguments the print method isn't using the variable, and instead has the lines pre-written.

/*public class Solution {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        for (int a = 1; a < 5; a++) {
            print();
        }



    }
    public static void print(){
        //write your code here
        String s;
        System.out.println("Java is easy to learn!");
        System.out.println("Java is object-oriented!");
        System.out.println("Java is platform-independent!");
    }
}
*/

public class Solution {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        print("Java is easy to learn!");
        print("Java is object-oriented!");
        print("Java is platform-independent!");
    }

    public static void print(String s) {
        //write your code here
        for(int a = 0; a<4; a++){
            System.out.println(s);
        }
    }
}