Re: String of numbers into to array of numbers

From:
Lew <lew@lewscanon.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.help
Date:
Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:54:59 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID:
<7ba24df3-bd15-419b-b445-617014e71d91@26g2000hsk.googlegroups.com>
bH wrote:

import javax.swing.*;


Import-single is favored over import-on-demand. (Single-class imports
over "star".)

public class Whatsup extends JFrame {


This class says it's a 'JFrame', but it doesn't do anything 'JFrame'y.

  JPanel infoPanel= new JPanel();


// unused

  void Whatsup() {


Do NOT name methods the same as constructors! Bad!

    String cStr, qStr = "";


Declare 'qStr' in narrower scope. Don't initialize to values never
used.

    //a string with no spaces in between.
    cStr = "84,104,101,32,67,108,111,99,10";


Declare and initialize together:

  final String cStr = "84,104,101,32,67,108,111,99,10";

Oh, and including type in variable names, as with the 'Str' portion of
the name, is usually a bad idea.

    // first count a number needed for the array


Don't run through the loop twice. 'ArrayList' gives you a way, the
suggested use of 'String#split()' is even better. Why re-invent the
wheel?

like this:

    String [] inVals = cStr.split( "[ ,]" );
    Integer [] values = new Integer [ inVals.length ];

    // parse for ints
    for ( int i = 0; ia < cStr.length; ia++ ) // more whitespace
                              // ^ no parentheses
    {
      try
      {
        values [i] = Integer.valueOf( inVals [i] );
      }
      catch ( NumberFormatException exc )
      {
        values [i] = null;
        System.err.println( "Not an integer: \"+ inVals [i] +"\"" );
      }
    }

Another way:

   List <Integer> numbers = new ArrayList <Integer> ();
   for ( String inVal : cStr.split( "[ ,]" ) )
   {
      try
      {
        numbers.add( Integer.valueOf( inVals [i] ));
      }
      catch ( NumberFormatException exc )
      {
        System.err.println( "Not an integer: \"+ inVals [i] +"\"" );
      }
   }

    // are these numbers?


What exactly are you aiming to accomplish with this block of code?

    System.out.println("Integer Data x 2");
    for (int ib = 0;ib<=t;ib++){
      sho = cInt[ib]*2;
      System.out.println(sho);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String[] args)
  {
    new Whatsup().Whatsup();
  }

}


OK, this is just whacky. You define no constructor for the 'Whatsup'
class, then you define a method with the same name as the class, then
you use the default constructor with the whacky method.

Just declare a constructor, if you need to, and never, ever name a
method the same as a constructor.

Besides, method names are supposed to start with a lower-case letter,
class names with an upper-case letter. If you follow the convention,
then automatically you'll never, ever name a method the same as a
constructor.

Although, too, it's bad to name a method the same as a constructor
except for case. That makes sense for a variable, but not a method.

--
Lew

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