Having a problem with a program telling me that variables are not being used

[Deafsilver]

I have a program with two classes and as far as I can tell I have everything correct, but obviously I don't. In the main method of StudentMethods it is telling me that my variables are not being used. I have no idea why it is telling me this. Can someone please tell me what is going on here?

public class Student {
	String name;
	double gpa;
	
	public Student(String n, double g){
		name = n;
		gpa = g;
	}
	
	public String getName() {
		return name;
	}
	
	public double getGpa() {
		return gpa;
	}
	
	public void setName(String n) {
		name = n;
	}
	
	public void setGpa(double g) {
		gpa = g;
	}
	
	public boolean equals(Student s) {
		if (s.name == name && s.getGpa() == gpa) {
			return true;
		} else {
			return false;
		}
	}
}






public class StudentMethods {
	
	public static double getStudentWithHigherGpa(double s1, double s2) {	
		if (s1 > s2) {
			return s1;
		} else {
			return s2;
		}
	}
	
	public static void swapGPAs(double s1, double s2){
		double temp = s1;
		s1 = s2;
		s2 = temp;
		System.out.println(s1);
		System.out.println(s2);
	}
	
	public boolean testGetStudentWithHigherGpa(double s1, double s2, double expectedResult) {
		double result = getStudentWithHigherGpa(s1, s2);
		if (equals(result == expectedResult)) {
			System.out.println("The higher GPA is " + s2);
			return true;
		} else {
			System.out.println("The higher GPA fails.");
			return false;
		}
	}
	
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		Student s1 = new Student("Jim", 3.4);
		Student s2 = new Student("Jane", 3.6);
		Student expectedResult = new Student("Jane", 3.6);
	}
}

[Norm]

main method of StudentMethods it is telling me that my variables are not being used

If that is some compiler error message, please copy the full text of the message and post it here.
If not from the compiler, please explain what program is giving the message.

[Deafsilver]

In Eclipse under StudentMethods, it has a yellow exclamation point saying "The value of local variable s1 is not used." It says the same thing for s2 and expectedResult as well.

[Norm]

I guess your IDE is trying to be helpful. Not using a variable is legal. Using a variable is not required in a program.
Ignore the messages if the variables are not needed.

What does it say about the args variable? You are not using it either.

[Junky]

Yellow means it is a warning. You code will still compile and run if it contains warnings.

As Norm says you can ignore it if you like but the question remains why have you declared a variable if you do not intend on using it?

[Deafsilver]

I know that it isn't required to use a variable, but I am trying to use them and they aren't being used. I have a couple of lines in StudentMethods that try to print out s1 and s2, but nothing is printed.

I don't know about the args variable. I'm still very new to java and I'm not exactly sure what the args variable does. I have always used the args variable in my main methods. :/

[Junky]

but nothing is printed.

As far as I can see is you declare 3 variables, create 3 objects and nothing else. If you don't call any methods how do you expect anything to happen?

[Deafsilver]

I tried printing out s1 and s2 in the swapGPAs method in StudentMethods and nothing happens. Also, in the testStudentWithHigherGpa method, I tried to call the equals method from Student.java and it doesn't print anything out either.

[Norm]

I tried printing out s1 and s2 in the swapGPAs method

Where do you call those methods? The java program starts your program executing in the main method. After that it is 100% up to you to call any methods you want called. If you don't call them they don't get called.
The IDE should warn you about that just like it warned you about s1 and s2.

[Deafsilver]

Ok, now I see what you guys are saying. Sorry about that. I'm extremely new to all of this haha.

I'm still quite curious as to why nothing is being printed out in my testStudentWithHigherGpa method though... I put in a System.out.println statement in there so I could know whether it is coming out true or false, but nothing is printing.

[Norm]

The computer does EXACTLY what you tell it to do. No more, no less.

[Deafsilver]

Yes, I know that it is going to do only what I tell it to do, which is exactly why I do not know why it isn't doing anything when I am trying to put in an if statement to print something if it is true or print something else if it is false.

[Junky]

Have you called the method?

[Deafsilver]

I believe that I called the equals method, unless I am calling it incorrectly.

[Junky]

:headdesk:

We are talking about the testGetStudentWithHigherGpa method. If you never call that method the the code inside it will never get executed. Computers cannot read your mind (not yet).