How to read a string in a ArrayList?

[warchieflll]

Hello all!

I've a arraylist, contains a String (kaartNummer), and two integers. Now I want to give a String (vertrekNummer), and I want to search in the arraylist if the string 'vertrekNummer' is the same as 'kaartNummer'. How to do so? Currently code:

	public void checkIn (String kaartNummer, int aankomstUur, int aankomstMinuten)
	{
		bezoeker1 = new MuseumBezoeker(kaartNummer, aankomstUur, aankomstMinuten);
		bezoekerArray.add(bezoeker1);
	}

	public void checkOut (String vertrekNummer, int vertrektUur, int vertrekMinuten)
	{
		for (int positie = 0; positie < bezoekerArray.size(); positie++)
		{
			if ( vertrekNummer.equals( kaartNummer ) ) // error of couse, but how to say 'if it equals to the 'kaartNummer' in the array?
				{
				    System.out.println( "gelijk"  + bezoekerArray.get(positie));
				}
			else
				System.out.println( "ongelijk ");						
		}		
	}

[KevinWorkman]

You already know how to iterate over the ArrayList. You already know how to get items from the ArrayList. You already know how to use the equals() method. What's your question?

[JosAH]

Hello all!

I've a arraylist, contains a String (kaartNummer), and two integers. Now I want to give a String (vertrekNummer), and I want to search in the arraylist if the string 'vertrekNummer' is the same as 'kaartNummer'. How to do so?

If your List contains Strings as well as ints (Integers actually) it is generally considerd AVBT (A Very Bad Thing (tm)). Do the String and the two ints make up another entity? If so you should define a separate class for it and store an object of that class in your List. Storing Strings and ints in a single List is so 1960s Fortran ...

kind regardfs,

Jos

[warchieflll]

Eeh.. well, actually a 'bezoeker' (a object) is in the array. A 'bezoeker' is made of a cardname (kaartNummer, the String), and a time (a int for hours, and a int for minutes).

Now I simply have to get the cardname (kaartNummer), out of the string from every position, and compare it to the last entered value in a textfield...

So well, yea the string is in the same array as the two ints, but that is because it is together one object...

[gcalvin]

I think you mean to do this:

	public void checkOut (String vertrekNummer, int vertrektUur, int vertrekMinuten)
	{
		for (int positie = 0; positie < bezoekerArray.size(); positie++)
		{
			if ( vertrekNummer.equals( [COLOR="Blue"]bezoekerArray.get(positie).kaartNummer[/COLOR] ) ) // error of couse, but how to say 'if it equals to the 'kaartNummer' in the array?
	// or?		if ( vertrekNummer.equals( [COLOR="Blue"]bezoekerArray.get(positie).getKaartNummer()[/COLOR] ) ) 
				{
				    System.out.println( "gelijk"  + bezoekerArray.get(positie));
				}
			else
				System.out.println( "ongelijk ");						
		}		
	}

Consider this alternative (I really like the for-each style loop available since Java 5):

	public void checkOut (String vertrekNummer, int vertrektUur, int vertrekMinuten)
	{
		for (MuseumBezoeker bezoeker : bezoekerArray)
		{
			if ( vertrekNummer.equals(bezoeker.getKaartNummer())
				{
				    System.out.println( "gelijk"  + bezoeker);
				}
			else
				System.out.println( "ongelijk ");						
		}		
	}

-Gary-

[JosAH]

Eeh.. well, actually a 'bezoeker' (a object) is in the array. A 'bezoeker' is made of a cardname (kaartNummer, the String), and a time (a int for hours, and a int for minutes).

Now I simply have to get the cardname (kaartNummer), out of the string from every position, and compare it to the last entered value in a textfield...

So well, yea the string is in the same array as the two ints, but that is because it is together one object...

That is AGT (A Good Thing (tm)); for a moment you scared me ;-) Gary already answered you question so you have your answer now.

kind regards,

Jos

[warchieflll]

Hehe yea, Garry: your great! Only a ')' was missing, but you sloved my problem :D. I tried the for-each before, but didn't work. Now I see I just had to make a new method with a return... xD! Ty very much :D!!

	public void checkOut (String vertrekNummer, int vertrektUur, int vertrekMinuten)
	{
		for (MuseumBezoeker bezoeker : bezoekerArray)
		{
			if ( vertrekNummer.equals(bezoeker.getKaartNummer()))
				{
				    System.out.println( "gelijk"  + bezoeker);
				}
			else
				System.out.println( "ongelijk ");						
		}		
	}