Re: Need basic help....

From:
Are Nybakk <news@arenybakk.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.help
Date:
Thu, 01 Nov 2007 12:53:14 +0100
Message-ID:
<o5SdnQkSfJzZI7TaRVnzvQA@telenor.com>
TheBigPJ wrote:

It doesn't seem to want to save my char to a file. Can anyone see what
is wrong? Ive spent a lot of time trying to figure it out and just
cant seem to work it out.


I can't see that you called your savea()-function anywhere =)

I know I have a lot of altering to do yet before I can even think im


*snip*

     public void startCommandLine()
    {
    boolean finished;
    finished = false;

    BufferedReader keyboardInput = new BufferedReader(new
InputStreamReader(System.in));

    String temp;

        try {
            while (finished == false) {
                System.out.println("Type in your option:\n1.Set Char (e.g. 1.G or
1.r)\n2.Show and Save\n3.Compare with? (e.g. 3.r)\n4.Exit");
                temp = keyboardInput.readLine();
                if(temp.charAt(0) == '1')
                {
                    this.newa(temp.charAt(2));
                }
                else if(temp.equals("2"))
                {
                    System.out.println("You char value is: " + (int)this.returna() +
".\n");


I would have used a method for this if I were you. Overriding
Object.toString would suffice here. Then you can just type

System.out.println(this);

                 }

*snip*

     public void comparea(char comparee)
    {
        if((int)this.a < (int)comparee)
        {
            System.out.println(a + " is less than " + comparee + ".");
        }
        else if((int)this.a == (int)comparee)
        {
            System.out.println(a + " is the same as " + comparee + ".");
        }
        else if((int)this.a > (int)comparee)
        {
            System.out.println(a + " is more than " + comparee + ".");
        }
    }
}


This is ok for learning purposes, but normally one would place such code
in a method overriding Object.equals taking in another Object as an
argument instead. Here's an example for your class. Note that a get()
method is used here in place of your returna() method (they would be
identical).

public boolean equals(Object otherObject)
{

    q4 comparee = (q4)otherObject;

    //Test whether comparee object is a valid q4 object and not a
    //null-reference. Someone please fill me in here, I don't
    //remember what a wrongful cast does :p

    //I dont think you need to cast these chars to int to compare //them
below.

    //If char value lower or higher, return false. Otherwise return //true
    if( (int)this.a < (int)comparee.get() ||
        (int)this.a > (int)comparee.get() )
    {
        return false
    }
    else
    {
        return true;
    }
}

I suggest you take care of the output somewhere else.

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