Convert Input from JTextField to int?

[jls7168]

Hi, I need help on converting the input from a JTextField to an int. The input is supposed to be the length of a race and I need to pass it to another class to use. I am completely lost....here is the code...any help is reall appreciated.


I removed a lot of the unecessary GUI code

class RaceGui extends JFrame {

	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
	private JPanel jContentPane = null;
	private JTextArea lengthTextArea = null;
	private JButton startButton = null;
	private JButton clearButton = null;
	private JButton exitButton = null;
	private JTextArea resultsTextArea = null;
	public JTextField lengthTextField;
	private String input;
	int racelen;


	
	private JTextArea getResultsTextArea() {
		if (resultsTextArea == null) {
			resultsTextArea = new JTextArea();
			resultsTextArea.setBounds(new Rectangle(16, 61, 571, 332));	
		}
		return resultsTextArea;
	}


	

	
	private JTextField getLengthTextField() {
		if (lengthTextField == null) {
			lengthTextField = new JTextField();
			lengthTextField.setBounds(new Rectangle(104, 16, 125, 29));
		}
		return lengthTextField;
	}

The class to pass it to

	class Horse extends Thread {
	
			JTextField racelen = null;
			JTextArea resultsTextArea = null;
			int move;
			int move1;
			int total;
			
			long totalTime;

	public Horse(JTextField len, JTextArea results){
			super();
			racelen = len;
			resultsTextArea = results;	
	}
			
			public void run(){
				long time = System.currentTimeMillis();;
				for (int total = 0; total < racelen; total++){
					move = (int)(Math.random() * 100);
					move = (int)(Math.sqrt(move));
					move += total;
					System.out.println(total + " " + getName());
					try {
						sleep((int)(Math.random() * 100));
					}catch (InterruptedException e) {}	
				}
				totalTime = System.currentTimeMillis() - time;
					resultsTextArea.setText("Priority\t" + "Name\t" + "Time\n" +
							getPriority() + "\t" + getName() +"\t"+ totalTime);
					
									
		}	
}

[MK12]

To convert String to int:

String s = "23";
String s2 = "not a number";
int i = Integer.parseInt(s); // returns an int, 23
try {
     int i2 = Integer.parseInt(s2); // throws error, s2 isn't a number
} catch(Exception e) { System.out.println(e); }

Hope this helped. Note: Double, Long, Short, etc wrapper classes have similar parsing methods.
-MK12

[jls7168]

I dont get any errors when I do that, but how would I pass that int to the Horse class to use in the for loop?

[MK12]

1. Which class is running and using the other class? If you are running a class (the main class, or driver class) Which uses the Horse class, but you need to pass values to the horse class, you could pass them as arguments if you are calling methods from Horse, or you could make the fields in the main class and then use them in your Horse class.
-MK12

[jls7168]

Its essentially a horse race. The RaceGui is running, but horse class is where the "race" takes place. I need to get the length of the race from the RaceGui class and pass it to the Horse class to put in the for loop.

class Horse extends Thread {
	
			int length = 0;
			JTextArea resultsTextArea = null;
			int move;
			int move1;
			int total;
			long totalTime;

	public Horse(int len, JTextArea results){
			super();
			length = len;
			resultsTextArea = results;	
	}
			
			public void run(){
				long time = System.currentTimeMillis();;
				for (int total = 0; total < length; total++){

[MK12]

I just told you how: arguments or fields.
-MK12

[jls7168]

I have a field int length;, but it does not do anything.

[MK12]

Then initialize it and then the other class can use it.
-MK12