Passing an Array index into a function?

Hey, I'm trying to make a simple function that returns a value according to what was chosen by the user in a text field.

So it's something like this:

Code:

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float getModifier(JList list[])
{
    int selected = list[?].getSelectecValue( ); //Obviously gives a compiler error, don't know how to pass the index into the function correctly
    switch(selected)
          case 1:
              return blahblahblah

      //etc...etc..
}

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Thanks for any help, in advance...

so somewhere you call
.... object.getModifier(list[])

than you receive it in the getModifier method, where you would put a value where you have the ? and you shouldn't need to call getSelectecValue() (getSelectedValue), unless the array is holding objects.

hm.

Couple of suggestions:
Do the array de-referencing before or in the call to the function and pass a JList reference.
...object.getModifier(list[ix])
Pass the needed index as an int parameter to the function.
...object.getModifier(list[], ix)

Thanks for the replies.

Norm, I will try your answer, looks like it should work.

Thanks again guys :)