Having trouble compiling. What am I doing wrong?

Having trouble compiling. What am I doing wrong?
/* method accepts parameters (array, max and min) and returns count
* of how many integers fall between max and min.
*/

import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;

public class RangeCount2{
public static final int Length = 10;

public static void main (String [] args){

Scanner console = new Scanner(System.in);
Scanner input = getInfo(console);
processFile(input);

Scanner num = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.print(“Maximum Number: “);
int max = console.nextInt();
System.out.print(“Minimum Number: “);
int min = console.nextInt();

}
public static Scanner getInfo(Scanner console){
Scanner input = null;
while (input == null){
System.out.print(“input file name? “);
String name = console.nextLine();
try {
input = new Scanner(new File(name));
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
System.out.println(“File not found. Please try again.”);
}
}
return input;
}
public static void processFile(Scanner input){
int[] Array = new int [Length];
while (input.hasNextLine()){
String text = input.nextLine();
int[] Array1 = transferFrom(text);
}

}
public static int[] transferFrom(String text){
Scanner data = new Scanner (text);
int[] result = new int [Length];
int i = 0;
while (data.hasNextInt()){
result[i] = data.nextInt();
i++;
}

countInRange(result, max, min);;
}

public static void countInRange (int[] result, int max, int min){
int count = 0;
for (int x : result) {
if (x <= max && x >= min){
count++;
}
}
System.out.println(“There is/ are ” + count + ” elements whose values fall”);
System.out.println(“between ” + min + ” and ” + max + “.”);
}
}

Compile error:
RangeCount2.java:60: cannot find symbol
symbol : variable max
location: class RangeCount2
countInRange(result, max, min);;
^
RangeCount2.java:60: cannot find symbol
symbol : variable min
location: class RangeCount2
countInRange(result, max, min);;
^
2 errors

Tool completed with exit code 1

Best answer:

Twice you’re referencing a variable called “max” without having defined such a variable.

You did define a variable called “max” in your main() method, but it’s just a local variable; it doesn’t exist outside the context of main().

Since all your methods are static (and you therefore can’t use instance variables) you probably want to ask the user for min and max before you process the file (you’ve got it the other way around in your main() method) then pass those values to the other functions as parameters.

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