1. Topics to cover
Instance variables vs. local variables

2. A new method in the Person class
public String predictFuture () {
int magicNumber = (int) (Math.random() * 4 + 1);
String prediction = "Yours is the life of a student";
switch(magicNumber) {
case 1:
prediction = "You will do well in life"; break; case 2:
prediction = "You will be rich and famous"; break;
case 3:
prediction = "Happiness will be yours"; break;
case 4:
prediction = "You will be a programmer"; break;
case 5:
prediction = "Life is not kind"; break; }
return prediction;

3. Local Variables Declared within the body of a method
Have “local scope”
Can only be used in the method in which they are declared
Local variables can be declared in any block of code

4. Instance Variables
Are declared at the start of the class definition outside of any interior block of code
Are used to store the “state” of an object
Can be used by any method in the class
Have unique values for each object