GUI program

[program junkie]

I want my boss to be able to enter inches and the computer calculate feet and inches from the inches that are inputted.
I also want to display a sentence containing the answer in a Label
Im having a hard time doing integer division of dividing inches by 12 and storing the answer in an integer called feet.
I also need help concatenating the sentence that displays the answer of how many inches are in a foot when the user inputs the inches

Can anyone assist please

Here's what I have so far

import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.*;

public class InchFeetGUI extends JFrame implements ActionListener {

    private JLabel inchesQuestionLabel = new JLabel();
    private JTextField inchesBox = new JTextField();
    private JLabel inchesAnswerLabel = new JLabel();

    ;
    private Container contentPane;
    private JButton submitButton = new JButton();

    public InchFeetGUI() {
        createGUI();
    }// ends Welcome constructor

    private void createGUI() {
        //get content pane and set the layout to null

        contentPane = getContentPane();
        contentPane.setBackground(Color.white);
        contentPane.setLayout(null);

        //setup the question label
        inchesQuestionLabel.setText("Enter inches: ");
        inchesQuestionLabel.setLocation(0, 0);
        inchesQuestionLabel.setSize(210, 50);
        contentPane.add(inchesQuestionLabel);

        //set up the textfield for user entry
        inchesBox.setText("0");
        inchesBox.setLocation(210, 0);
        inchesBox.setSize(100, 30);
        contentPane.add(inchesBox);
        inchesBox.addActionListener(this);

        //set up the submit button
        submitButton.setText("Submit");
        submitButton.setLocation(50, 100);
        submitButton.setSize(100, 30);
        contentPane.add(submitButton);
        submitButton.addActionListener(this);

        //set up the label where answer will be

        inchesAnswerLabel.setText(" ");
        inchesAnswerLabel.setLocation(0, 200);
        inchesAnswerLabel.setSize(300, 30);
        contentPane.add(inchesAnswerLabel);


        //set properties of Window

        setTitle("Inches/Feet Converter");
        setSize(400, 400);
        setVisible(true);

    }//ends createGUI method

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        InchFeetGUI application = new InchFeetGUI();
        application.setDefaultCloseOperation (JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

    }// ends main

    public void actionPerformed (ActionEvent  event ){
        // statements get executed here when button is pressed.
        int inches = Integer.parseInt (inchesBox.getText());
        int feet = inches/12;
        int inchesLeft = inches %12;
        
        


        
    }
}

[Fubarable]

I want my boss to be able to enter inches and the computer calculate feet and inches from the inches that are inputted.

First off let's be open and honest as that is the only way we can fully help you -- this isn't for "your boss" as it's clearly an academic assignment as have all your other threads in this forum.

That out of the way, I'm also going to ask you to use informative thread titles for your questions in this forum as the title will help those of us scanning the threads to know in a glance what your main problem is. Here I'd say something like "Help with displaying GUI program output", or something along those lines.

Now on to your code and your problem.

Im having a hard time doing integer division of dividing inches by 12 and storing the answer in an integer called feet.

Here's your math:

   public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
      int inches = Integer.parseInt(inchesBox.getText());
      int feet = inches / 12;
      int inchesLeft = inches % 12;

and it looks just fine to me when I print it out:

   public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
      int inches = Integer.parseInt(inchesBox.getText());
      int feet = inches / 12;
      int inchesLeft = inches % 12;
      
      System.out.println("feet: " + feet + ", and inches left: " + inchesLeft);
   }

I also need help concatenating the sentence that displays the answer of how many inches are in a foot when the user inputs the inches

I'll bet you should have no problem with that. Simply create a String with String literals such as "feet: " then a + or concatanation operator then a variable then a concatenation operator, etc... And set your JLabel's text to that String. Give it a try and I'll bet you'll get it on the first shot.

Luck!

[program junkie]

I'm not getting it

Thanks for your help, just will hire a tutor

[Fubarable]

I'm not getting it

What is confusing you?

Thanks for your help, just will hire a tutor

Whatever helps you is good, though I still think that you're very close.

[program junkie]

Fubarable, Im not understanding how I need to go about displaying a sentence containing the answer in a label.

This is what I tried:

mport java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.*;

public class InchFeetGUI extends JFrame implements ActionListener {

private JLabel inchesQuestionLabel = new JLabel();
private JTextField inchesBox = new JTextField();
private JLabel inchesAnswerLabel = new JLabel();

;
private Container contentPane;
private JButton submitButton = new JButton();

public InchFeetGUI() {
createGUI();
}// ends Welcome constructor

private void createGUI() {
//get content pane and set the layout to null

contentPane = getContentPane();
contentPane.setBackground(Color.yellow);
contentPane.setLayout(null);

//setup the question label
inchesQuestionLabel.setText("Enter inches: ");
inchesQuestionLabel.setLocation(10, 0);
inchesQuestionLabel.setSize(210, 50);
contentPane.add(inchesQuestionLabel);

//set up the textfield for user entry
inchesBox.setText("0");
inchesBox.setLocation(220, 0);
inchesBox.setSize(100, 30);
contentPane.add(inchesBox);
inchesBox.addActionListener(this);

//set up the submit button
submitButton.setText("Submit");
submitButton.setLocation(50, 100);
submitButton.setSize(100, 30);
contentPane.add(submitButton);
submitButton.addActionListener(this);

//set up the label where answer will be

inchesAnswerLabel.setText("feet: " + feet + ", and inches left: " + inchesLeft ");
inchesAnswerLabel.setLocation(0, 200);
inchesAnswerLabel.setSize(300, 30);
contentPane.add(inchesAnswerLabel);


//set properties of Window

setTitle("Inches/Feet Converter");
setSize(400, 400);
setVisible(true);

}//ends createGUI method

public static void main(String[] args) {
InchFeetGUI application = new InchFeetGUI();
application.setDefaultCloseOperation (JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

}// ends main

public void actionPerformed (ActionEvent event ){
// statements get executed here when button is pressed.




int inches = Integer.parseInt (inchesBox.getText());
int feet = inches/12;
int inchesLeft = inches %12;

[Fubarable]

You'll want to declare a String variable and then concatenate the text into this variable (hint, shoot I've already done something similar in my println statement above -- I thought you'd have already seen it and studied it), and then call setText(myStringVariable) on your JLabel.

[Fubarable]

So in pseudocode:

First calculate feet and left over inches -- you've done that.
Create String variable and set = "some text " + feetVariable + "some other test" + leftOverInchesVariable;
call setText on JLabel and pass in the String variable created above.

That's it!
:)