/** * 2 methods below, 1st one entire, 2nd one skeleton * yes, for generate, could/might set the x/y variables outside of method * * My goal, which I can't figure out how to do is to PASS the value of * variable "rangeX" created in generate() to be the value of "length" * for method 2 * have messed around for quite awhile, not getting anywhere, still newbie * understand scope of variables is somehow hindering this process but not * sure what to do. * * Thank you! * */ private static int generate(int x, int y) { x = 5; y = 6; int range = y - x + 1; int rangeX; //return (Math.random() * range) + x; rangeX = (int)(Math.random() * range) + x; return rangeX; } private static String randomString (int length) { }