Re: Determine index from array reference?
Knute Johnson wrote:
Patricia Shanahan wrote:
I'm still very unclear about what the actual accesses are. Why do you
want the index? Presumably, there is some bigger operation involved that
uses the index.
Generally, if you find yourself thinking in terms of "you can't get to
the key with the value" it means you have the map the wrong way round.
However, without knowing what the index is for, it is impossible to say.
Patricia
Patricia:
I'm sorry you must have missed my reply to your earlier message. I've
got an array of JTextFields. These JTextFields have ActionListeners
attached. In the actionPerformed() I need to get the index of the
JTextField that fired the action to set some values in another array.
Now I'm really confused: "You guys are obviously not listening to this
neanderthal programmer. I only have one list"
1. The array of JTextField references.
2. The "another array" in which you are going to set some values.
I decided I had misunderstood what was going on, and had no idea what
the index was used for, after reading the comment about "only one list".
Why not have a map, indexed by JTextField, with the object you need to
update on actionPerformed as value?
Patricia
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