Need help with creating average from vector

Hi guys, I'm new here so please don't bite! :o

I am developing a Network delay monitoring tool for my degree coursework, it works basically like a ping between two systems.

The actual processing of the delay is finished, I used:

Code:

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System.currentTimeMillis();

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to acquire the system time in ms after transmission and again when the message is received back. I then subtracted the first from the second t1 - t0 to get a delay time :)

I now want to implement an average function so the user can see the average delay time. To do this I am using a Vector. The problem is I cannot add a long variable to the Vector; or I do not know how to!

My code for working the vector is as follows:

Code:

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Vector<String> v = new Vector<String>();

v.add(ans) // this ans is the delay time long variable I want to add.

for(int i = 0; i < v.size(); i++) {
        sum = sum + Integer.parseInt(v.get(i));
System.out.println("sum = " + sum);
}

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when I compile I get the error:

"client.java:80: cannot find symbol symbol : method add(long)
location: class java.util.Vector<java.lang.String> v.add(ans);"

I am really puzzled as what to do next so any help would really be appreciated!

:confused:

1) Why do you write Vector<String> ? You dont want to store String objects, you want to store Long objects or? So you have to write List<Long> v = new Vector<Long>();

2) Why do you want to parse it to Integer? You mean Long.parseLong ? But if you change your code as I said in 1) you dont have to parse! v.get(i) = Long :)

Thank you so much! I was using an online example and didn't really think about the parseInt, I really appreciate this it works perfectly now!! :D :D