Re: Issue with array length in for loop

From:
Lew <lew@lewscanon.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.help
Date:
Tue, 28 Dec 2010 09:37:07 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID:
<6e7aff5e-5068-4271-a80b-fbff92bf2b34@o14g2000yqe.googlegroups.com>
Steven Kennedy wrote:

                   //Populate the race array
                   Vector<Race> raceVect = new =

Vector<Race>();

                   for (int i=1;i<=raceCount;i++=

) {

                           Vector<Jockey> =

 jockVect = new Vector<Jockey>();

                           String tmpRace =

= "0" + Integer.toString(i);

                           if (tmpRace.lengt=

h()==3){

                                   t=

mpRace = tmpRace.substring(1);

                           }
                           url = new URL("=

http://www.tab.com.au/Racing/Betting/StandardBets/"

+


... ...

                           Jockey[] jArray =

= new Jockey[jockVect.size()];

                           raceVect.add(he.n=

ew

Race(Integer.parseInt(tmpRace),jockVect.toArray(jArray)));
                           }


Notice that 'tmpRace' is a 'String' built from an 'int' whose sole
purpose is to turn back into the exact same 'int' from which it came,
after some string manipulations that have no net effect, so that a
'Vector' (!) can be built in order to turn into an array.

You could just pass the original 'int' ('i' in this case) directly to
the 'Race' constructor.

--
Lew
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