Re: A strange behaviour of a File property
ale...@inwind.it wrote:
I've written this toy-code to test the funcionality of the File class
and I've found a strange behaviour.
My code works only with the dot directory (the directory where the
Main.class is contained) and it doesn't with any other. What's the
problem?
What *precisely* are the symptoms when it doesn't work, and what values other than "." have you tried?
It's difficult to help when you're vague about the problem.
here is the code
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import java.io.*;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args){
File f = new File("."); // try to change the path
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File[] file_array = null;'
String[] content = null;
content = f.list();
Why not 'String[] content = f.list();'?
Extra asssignments to 'null' are not helpful.
file_array = new File[content.length];
boolean[] bool_array1 = new boolean[content.length];
boolean[] bool_array2 = new boolean[content.length];
for(int i=0; i<content.length; i++){
file_array[i] = new File("." + "\\" + content[i]);
Does 'content[i]' contain what you expect?
bool_array1[i] = file_array[i].isDirectory();
bool_array2[i] = file_array[i].isFile();
This value is not used?
System.out.println(content[i] + "\tis a directory?: " +
bool_array1[i]);
}
}
}
What are your outputs in the scenario that "works" (and what does "works" mean?) and in the scenario that doesn't?
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