public static void main(String[] args) {

		String FirstNumber = "1";
		String SecondNumber = "1";
		String method = "add";
		int finalNumber = 0;

		// makes the strings and ints

		FirstNumber = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "What is the First number?");
		SecondNumber = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "What is the Second number?");
		method = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Would you like to add, subtract, multiply, or divide them? You can also type exit to exit the program.");

		exitProgram(method);

		int firstNumber = Integer.valueOf(FirstNumber);
		int secondNumber = Integer.valueOf(SecondNumber);

		// takes in the inputs
		// sets the string equal to ints

		JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,
				"The first number is " + firstNumber + " and the second number is " + secondNumber);

		methodsCalculator(firstNumber, secondNumber, method, finalNumber);


	}

	public static String exitProgram(String method){

		if (method.equals("exit")){
			JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "This program will now shut down");
			System.exit(0);
		}

		//by using the system.exit this program will end if method equals exit

		return method;
	}

	public static int methodsCalculator(int firstNumber, int secondNumber, String method, int finalNumber) {

		// finds the correct method and does the operation
		// it also outputs the result

		if (method.equals("add")) {
			JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "They are going to be Added");
			finalNumber = firstNumber + secondNumber;

			JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "The answer is " + finalNumber);

			return finalNumber;
		}

		if (method.equals("subtract")) {
			JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "They are going to be Subtracted");
			finalNumber = firstNumber - secondNumber;

			JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "The answer is " + finalNumber);

			return finalNumber;
		}

		if (method.equals("multiply")) {
			JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "They are going to Multiply");
			finalNumber = firstNumber * secondNumber;

			JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "The answer is " + finalNumber);

			return finalNumber;
		}

		if (method.equals("divide")) {
			JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "They are going to Divide");
			finalNumber = firstNumber / secondNumber;

			JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "The answer is " + finalNumber);

			return finalNumber;
		}

		else {
			return finalNumber;
		}
	}
}