[java programming] Re: LAB1036

[Marco Versele]

Hi Béatrice, Concerning your problem 1: the variable name is not defined: you defined an ARRAY called name, so you should use name[i] instead of name. Then the split method can be applied. Problem 2: You did not create, nor instantiate "longestName": is it a String? an integer? a double?... You should write the same way as you did for counter,max, totalname, longest: assign longestName to the right primitive type, and eventually initialize it to a start value (""?). You should also follow the naming rules for variables: 1st character is lowercase, each following word of the name starts with uppercase. So write "totalName" instead of "totalname"! Marco Béatrice beatrice.barb...@free.fr wrote: Hi ! I've got a problem with the homework of la 1036. I understand now how the split method works. But I can't declare it correctly, so I have two error messages. Here's my code (I found part of it in another mail). Can you help me to understand how it works ? import javax.swing.JOptionPane; public class OwnJavaArray { public static void main(String[] args) { int[] name = new int[10]; int counter; int max = 0; int totalname = 3; int longest = 0; // Prompt a user to enter numbers for (counter = 0; counter < totalname; counter++){ name [counter] = Integer.parseInt (JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter first name and last name of family members until " + totalname + " names are entered")); String[] names = name.split(" "); [Pb1] if (names[0].length() > longest){ longest = names[0].length(); longestName = name;} [Pb2] // Display the greatest number. JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"The name with the longest first name value is " + name); } } } Problems : [Pb1]. cannot find symbol : method split [Pb2]. longestName is not defined; but I don't know how to to it. I tried with int but it doen't work. And I am not sure that longest is well declared. Thank you --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to javaprogrammingwithpassion@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaprogrammingwithpassion+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaprogrammingwithpassion?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---