Converting an array in an object

[fiefa]

Hey i got myself confused with how to change this.damages = strArr[2]; to a double as i need to be able to mutiply the values within it.

Any help would be great

import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.util.Scanner;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.plaf.ColorUIResource;
import java.lang.*;
import java.util.Collections;

public class guiFinal extends JFrame {
   private JButton    Load  = new JButton("Load");
   private JButton    Reset  = new JButton("Reset");
   private JButton    Change  = new JButton("Change");
   private JButton    quitButton      = new JButton("Quit");
   Scanner reader = new Scanner(System.in);
   String input1 = "";//input from first dialog box

public class Australia {
	String cityName;
	String population;
	String damages;
	String earlierRelief;
	String severity;
	String allottedReliefPersonnel;


	public Australia(String[] strArr) {
		this.cityName = strArr[0];
		this.population = strArr[1];
		this.damages = strArr[2];
		this.earlierRelief = strArr[3];
		this.severity = strArr[4];
		this.allottedReliefPersonnel = strArr[5];
	}
	public String toString() {
		return "City name: " + cityName + ", Population: " + population + ", Damages: " + damages + ", Earlier Relief: " + earlierRelief + ", Severity: " + severity+ ", Allotted Relief Personnel: " + allottedReliefPersonnel ;
	}
}

	public void experiment() {


	}

   public guiFinal(){
      JPanel centerPanel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(4, 1));
      JPanel northPanel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(1, 3));
      JPanel westPanel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(8, 1));
      JPanel eastPanel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(4, 1));
      JPanel southPanel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(1, 4));
      Container container = getContentPane();
      container.add(westPanel, BorderLayout.WEST);
      container.add(northPanel, BorderLayout.NORTH);
      container.add(southPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
      container.add(eastPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
      eastPanel.add(Load);
      eastPanel.add(Reset);
      eastPanel.add(Change);
      eastPanel.add(quitButton);
      Load.addActionListener(new LoadListener());
      Reset.addActionListener(new ResetListener());
      Change.addActionListener(new ChangeListener());
      quitButton.addActionListener(new exitListener());

   }
                   public class LoadListener implements ActionListener{
      public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
      	ArrayList<Australia> damageReports = new ArrayList<Australia>();
		File x = new File(
				"C:/Users/James/Documents/JCreator LE/MyProjects/Final/src/something.txt");
		try {
			BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(x));
			String line;
			while ((line = in.readLine())!= null) {
				String[] listgrab = line.split(",");
				Australia p = new Australia(listgrab);
				damageReports.add(p);
				System.out.println(p.toString());
			}
		in.close();
		}
		catch (Exception fe)
		{
			System.out.print("Wrong data has been inputed into the program, Please do not do that again");
		}
	}
    }



                   private class ChangeListener implements ActionListener{
      public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
      	try{
      	    input1 = JOptionPane.showInputDialog
      ( "What percentage would you like to increase the damage by?" );
        double input2 = Double.parseDouble(input1);
      }catch(Exception asdf){
javax.swing.JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Please use numbers only");
    }
      }
   }
                   private class ResetListener implements ActionListener{
      public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
      	try{
      	    input1 = JOptionPane.showInputDialog
      ( "Lists have been cleared" );
      }catch(Exception asdf){
javax.swing.JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Please use numbers only");
    }
      }
   }

                private class exitListener implements ActionListener{
      public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
        System.exit(0);
      }
   }

   public static void main (String [] args){
        guiFinal theGUI = new guiFinal();
        theGUI.setTitle("James Tiitson");
        theGUI.setSize(500, 350);
        theGUI.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        theGUI.setVisible(true);
    }

}

[hosscomp]

Try Googling " string to double java"

double aDouble = Double.parseDouble(aString);