Need help with methods and 'for' loops?

[runnerandreader]

The method evenSquares takes a single int parameter, n, (for example, 10000), and then prints all of the (positive) even perfect squares less than n, each on a separate line. Notice that evenSquares has a void return type, since all it does is print integers to the console. Be sure to use the println method to print each entry of your output.

Example: if n = 40, your code should print
4
16
36

(Hint: your method should be built around a for loop with a test component that asks if the square of the control variable (say, k) is < n. Thus, the loop should terminate as soon as k*k equals or exceeds n.)

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I had gotten this:

public void evenSquares(int n){
int squares = k*k;
for(int i=0; i<=n; i++){
System.out.print(squares);
}
}

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It says that it can't find "variable k" but I'm not quite sure what I'm doing wrong and where to fix it :$ Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[dragstang86]

where is 'k' declared as a variable? Do you have the statement

int k;
or
int k = 0;

[jammas615]

dragstang86 is right, you need to declare a variable before you use it.

[kzaman]

you should write like followings:

Snip: No spoon feeding. You have been warned multiple times. Please stop.

[oliviaiona]

but the problem is stating that you can only print the positive squares, the code above will print all of the squares that are less than n, how could you format it so that only the positive ones are printed?