JOptionPane.showInputDialog

if(searchButton == e.getSource()){
String s = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Enter Employee ID to search: ");
int find = Integer.parseInt(s);

I know this works when you want to input a number such as 1,2,3 and so on.

What would be the correct way for doing this if I had a String such as a name? The Interger.parseInt will not work for that? How do I go about this? Thanks.

The question needs clarification. Are you trying to convert a name into a number? If not, then just take out the "int find = Integer.parseInt(s);"

Seems you have no idea about this. showInputDialog() returns a string anyway. If the input is a number then you need the following.

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int find = Integer.parseInt(s);

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If the input is a string on the message box, s returns a String object.

just remove the Integer.parseInt(s); its useless to your program just use a search statement to know if the entered employee id is existing or not...

note: you cant compare strings in java, just make use of boolean instead.

here I have some comments:

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What would be the correct way for doing this if I had a String such as a name?

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You already have in your code:

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[B][COLOR="Blue"]String s[/COLOR][/B] = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Enter Employee ID to search: ");

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JOptionPane.showInputDialog returns a string

Now for kaemonsaionji comments:

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just remove the Integer.parseInt(s);

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agreed...

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its useless to your program just use a search statement to know if the entered employee id is existing or not...

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huh? I don't understand. How did you understand that from the info the OP gave?

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note: you can't compare strings in java, just make use of boolean instead.

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Huh again? That is not true. Sure you can compare strings. What do you mean with the boolean comment?

> huh? I don't understand. How did you understand that from the info the OP gave?
Probably because the button's variable identifier is searchButton, but as it's obvious that code has been copied without understanding any of it, that too doesn't mean anything ;)

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