[SOLVED] Search a .txt file

[dbashby]

I have a project that stores information to a txt file, I have tried to convert this so that I am able to use it in another project however the variables differ.

I cannot seem to get my head round why and how I construct the 1 line of code that is causing the error.

I would be grateful for someones help

This is only posted in this forum!

The line of code that is causing the problem is

               if(tempMbrship.equals(txtMembership.getText())){ //is this a match?  *****criteria u search on*****

The variable tempMbrship is an int

The complete code is

		int tempMbrship=0; // integer
        double tempBmindex;
        tempBmindex = Double.parseDouble("0");
        double tempRdate;
        tempRdate = Double.parseDouble("0");
        boolean endofFile = false;
        boolean openOk = true;
        boolean search = false;

        mshipRecord record = null;

   try{
       input= new ObjectInputStream(new FileInputStream(file)); //open file to read
   }
   catch (IOException e){ //trap open error
       optPane1.showMessageDialog(this,"Error in File","Error",optPane1.ERROR_MESSAGE);
       openOk = false;}


   if (openOk == true) { //if opened OK
       while ((endofFile == false) && (search== false)) { //if not eof or not found match
           try{
               record = (mshipRecord)input.readObject();//read record
               tempMbrship = record.getMbrship();
               tempBmindex = record.getBmindex();
               tempRdate = record.getRdate(); //move record fields into temp storage
               

	}
           catch (EOFException e){
               endofFile = true; //trap EOF
               optPane1.showMessageDialog(this, "MEMBER NOT FOUND","Error",optPane1.ERROR_MESSAGE);
               txtMembership.setText("");
               txtDate.setText(""); //display blank fields
               txtBmi.setText("");

	}
           catch (ClassNotFoundException e){ //trap record class
           optPane1.showMessageDialog(this, "Error in File","Error", optPane1.ERROR_MESSAGE);
                   }
           catch (IOException e){ //trap record class error
               optPane1.showMessageDialog(this,"Error in File","Error", optPane1.ERROR_MESSAGE);
           }

               if(tempMbrship.equals(txtMembership.getText())){ //is this a match?  *****criteria u search on*****
             //  txtMembership.setText(Integer.toString(tempMbrship));
             //  txtDate.setText(double.toString(tempRdate)); //display stored fields
             //  txtBmi.setText(double.toString(tempBmindex));
               txtMembership.setText(Integer.toString(record.getMbrship()));
               txtDate.setText(Double.toString(record.getRdate()));
               txtBmi.setText(Double.toString(record.getBmindex()));
			   search = true;
           }//end of IF match
           } //end of eof, search loop
		   }//end of openOK loop

Thanks in advance for any assistance/help

[Fubarable]

if(tempMbrship.equals(txtMembership.getText())){

The variable tempMbrship is an int

You appear to be trying to call the method "equals" on an int which is a primitive. Since primitives aren't objects, they don't have any methods at all much less equals, and so this attempt will fail. For ints you must use == to check for equality, and variable on the right must be an int too (you may need to parse it into an int).

[CJSLMAN]

Next time post the complete error you're getting.

if(tempMbrship.equals(txtMembership.getText()))

You can't compare an int (tempMbrship) to a string (txtMembership.getText()). I would suggest that your program either handle all membership numbers as ints (which sounds correct) or as Strings. Then you can compare them without problems.

Luck,
CJSL

[dbashby]

Fubarable, so just to make sure I am getting what you are saying.

If I declared txtMembership as an int at the start and remove the .equals and replace with == this should work?

CJSLMAN - I have now declared as int's however the construction of the code is causing me the problem.

The error I have now is 'int cannot be dereferenced' on 3 lines of code

As I say its the construction of the following is the things I am having problems with

if(tempMbrship==(txtMembership.getText())){ //is this a match?  *****criteria u search on*****
               txtMembership.setText(Integer.toString(record.getMbrship()));
               txtDate.setText(Double.toString(record.getRdate()));
               txtBmi.setText(Double.toString(record.getBmindex()));
			   search = true;
           }//end of IF match
           } //end of eof, search loop
		   }//end of openOK loop

Thanks in advance

[Fubarable]

If you have an int variable or any primitive variable (int, double, float, char,...), say:

int myIntVariable = 5;

Then you can never "dereference it". In other words, you can never call a method off of it like so:

myIntVariable.anyMethod(); //ERROR!

If you want to compare an int with a String that holds the String representation of an int, you have to first parse the String, then compare the two:

int myIntVariable = 3;
String myString = "3";

if (myIntVariable == Integer.parseInt(myString))
{
  System.out.println("int matches the value held by the string.");
}

[dbashby]

So this would work when recalling the information back from the text file then ?

Sorry for my ignorance with java but I am trying to learn

[Fubarable]

So this would work when recalling the information back from the text file then ?

I've no idea. The only way to find out is to try it and see. As we've discussed before though, I think that you are mistaken by trying to test these concepts within a large program. First work on solving this issue in a small program whose purpose is to only work on this problem. Only when this works, should you add the code to your larger program. Otherwise there are too many confounding issues.

[dbashby]

I have done as suggested, I have an app with only 3 text fields, my aim is to let me search 1 by 1 the text file, there are no errors in the code but for some reason when I click on the search button the try catch comes up straight away saying 'MEMBER NOT FOUND'

I now have the field I want to search by as a String as suggested earlier in this thread.

Can anyone see what the problem is and if so point me in the right direction???

Thanks in advance for your help.

:confused:

[dbashby]

Here is the code to go with the above message.

// TODO add your handling code here:
        String tempMbrship="";
        Double tempJdate;
        tempJdate = Double.parseDouble("0");
        Double tempBmiR;
        tempBmiR = Double.parseDouble("0");

        boolean endofFile = false;
		boolean openOk = true;
		boolean search = false;

   MshipRecord record;

   try{
       input= new ObjectInputStream(new FileInputStream(file)); //open file to read
   }
   catch (IOException e){ //trap open error
       optPane1.showMessageDialog(this,"Error in File","Error",optPane1.ERROR_MESSAGE);
       openOk = false;}

   if (openOk == true) { //if opened OK
       while ((endofFile == false) && (search== false)) { //if not eof or not found match
           try{
               record = (MshipRecord)input.readObject();//read record
               tempMbrship = record.getMbrship();//move record fields into temp storage
               tempJdate = record.getRdate();
               tempBmiR = record.getBmindex();
           }
        catch (EOFException e){
               endofFile = true; //trap EOF
               optPane1.showMessageDialog(this, "MEMBER NOT FOUND","Error",optPane1.ERROR_MESSAGE);
               txtMembership.setText("");
               txtJdate.setText(""); //display blank fields
               txtBmi.setText("");
        }
           catch (ClassNotFoundException e){ //trap record class
           optPane1.showMessageDialog(this, "Error in File","Error", optPane1.ERROR_MESSAGE);
                   }
           catch (IOException e){ //trap record class error
               optPane1.showMessageDialog(this,"Error in File","Error", optPane1.ERROR_MESSAGE);
               }
           if(tempMbrship.equals(txtMembership.getText())){ //is this a match?  *****criteria u search on*****
               txtMembership.setText(tempMbrship);//display stored fields
               txtJdate.setText(Double.toString(tempJdate));
			   txtBmi.setText(Double.toString(tempBmiR));
               search = true;
           }//end of IF match
           } //end of eof, search loop
           }//end of openOK loop

[dbashby]

This morning when I tried this code everything worked as it should so I cant say what the problem was but everything ok up to now.