Why is the answer not coming out

[anonymous18]

public class Lab8_Ex1
{
public static void main(String [] args)
{
int sum = 0;
int n = 10;
compute_sum(n);
System.out.println(“The sum is “ + sum);
System.exit(0);
}
public static void compute_sum(int x)
{
int sum = 0;
int num = 1;
while (num <=x)
{
sum += num;
num++;
}
}
}

It's supposed to sum up the no. 1-10

[emceenugget]

you need to return values from a method call for them to be used. You are printing a number that is initialized to zero and is never modified.

[anonymous18]

Ok, so I'm guessing I would have to put a return; in the program but I'm still not really understanding should I change oner of the initialized zeros, and I put a return in and still got the same thing, could it be in the wrong place

[CJSLMAN]

What emceenugget is telling you to do is return the result of the sum you need from the compute_sum method... something like

return (sum);

In the main method you have to pick up the sum with

sum = compute_sum(n);

CJSL

[anonymous18]

Thanks alot for the help, it worked.