Got myself in a bind trying to sort names with GUI entry

[Veronicad1]

I hate to be a bother - I have to write a Java Program by Monday that does the following in a JFrame (GUI) format and I don't know where to start. Here's what I need to do, if it's possible:

* I need to be able to input first and last name from a GUI window - more than one set of first/last name.

*Have to have the ability to click on a button to sort by first or last name and/or ascending/descending.

I can get a bubble sort of an array to do that for me with a first name only but not in a GUI. I can't get past one name in GUI never mind a last name. This is what I have so far:

import java.util.*;
import javax.swing.*;
//import java.awt.event.*;
public class TestArray1 extends JFrame
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
String[] Array;
Array=new String[3];
String temp;

Scanner input=new Scanner(System.in);

for(int i=0;i<3;i++)
{
JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,
"Enter a first name ", "Name Box", JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
Array[i]=input.next();

}

for(int x=1;x<3;x++)
{
for(int y=0;y<3-x;y++)
{
if(Array[y].compareTo(Array[y+1])>0)
{
temp=Array[y];
Array[y]=Array[y+1];
Array[y+1]=temp;

}
}
}


I'm pretty embarrassed by it - it's horrible and a hash of all of it. I have a book and Google to do this with - must have been out of my mind to say I would. HELP!!!

[Fubarable]

First and foremost, get rid of the Scanner object as it has no business here other than to confuse you. Next of all, were you given any code to get you started or sample code of how to make GUI's. Are you supposed to use JOptionPanes to get data or something else? Can you post the entire assignment? Oh and when posting code, please use code tags so your code will be readable (please read the link at the bottom for more).

[Veronicad1]

Sorry about that - okay it's not so much an assignment as my alligator mouth overloaded my hummingbird butt. But I DO have 3 - 4 hour finals in engineering physics and other fun stuff this weekend. Years ago I did some of this and thought with a book and Google I could just do this. WOW was I wrong! I found the sorting code here and tweaked it just with the book to get this far. And it compiled but of course it takes one name and goes into never-never land.

What I need to do is extend JFrame and implement an Applet maybe(?) so it creates a Window - a GUI I would say. That way the input would go into a box in the window, save each of the firstName and lastName (right?) then it would put it into an Array to sort it. I've been looking over the book and I was curious would I use the "Add" for the array first - like

public void add()

or am I just making this too hard? What he wants is to be able to input names (like about 20 but I just was testing 3) and then sort them by their First names and then if he wants to by last names and if he wants in reverse, etc. If it were some old legacy language I could do it - maybe - been a long time. Thanks for your help. Really put my foot in this one.

import java.util.*;
import javax.swing.*;
//import java.awt.event.*;
public class TestArray1 extends JFrame
{
//	public static void main(String[] args)
	{
		String[] Array;
		Array=new String[3];
		String temp;
		
		Scanner input=new Scanner(System.in);
			
		for(int i=0;i<3;i++)
		{
			JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,
			"Enter a first name ", "Name Box", JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
			Array[i]=input.next();
		
			}
		
	for(int x=1;x<3;x++)
		{
		for(int y=0;y<3-x;y++)
			{
			if(Array[y].compareTo(Array[y+1])>0)
				{
				temp=Array[y];
				Array[y]=Array[y+1];
				Array[y+1]=temp;
				
				}
				}
				}

[Fubarable]

What I need to do is extend JFrame and implement an Applet maybe(?)

Makes little sense. Usually you need either you need a JFrame or a JApplet, and you can't implement an applet only extend it.

so it creates a Window - a GUI I would say. That way the input would go into a box in the window, save each of the firstName and lastName (right?) then it would put it into an Array to sort it. I've been looking over the book and I was curious would I use the "Add" for the array first - like

public void add()

You're not making much sense. What does the actual assignment say?

or am I just making this too hard? What he wants is to be able to input names (like about 20 but I just was testing 3) and then sort them by their First names and then if he wants to by last names and if he wants in reverse, etc. If it were some old legacy language I could do it - maybe - been a long time. Thanks for your help. Really put my foot in this one.
[/quote]

Break the problem down and solve one problem at a time, not the whole thing. First get the input and print it out to make sure you're getting it right. But again, we need the assignment text.

import java.util.*;
import javax.swing.*;
//import java.awt.event.*;
public class TestArray1 extends JFrame
{
//	public static void main(String[] args)
	{
		String[] Array;
		Array=new String[3];
		String temp;
		
		Scanner input=new Scanner(System.in);
			
		for(int i=0;i<3;i++)
		{
			JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,
			"Enter a first name ", "Name Box", JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
			Array[i]=input.next();
		
			}
		
	for(int x=1;x<3;x++)
		{
		for(int y=0;y<3-x;y++)
			{
			if(Array[y].compareTo(Array[y+1])>0)
				{
				temp=Array[y];
				Array[y]=Array[y+1];
				Array[y+1]=temp;
				
				}
				}
				}

Why do you still have a Scanner object in that code? Please re-read my first post and if you don't understand something, please ask.

[Veronicad1]

Okay - I got a break from the guy to finish by tomorrow night so I can finish my final exams today.

I Googled Bubble Sort Arrays using JTextFile and I think this guy's code will work if I change it to a string but the problem is he had an issue with the bubble sort too. I found the example he used and guess what? It wouldn't compile in JGrasp (which is really nice to use to edit I found out too) either. So what's wrong with the Bubble Sort here? If someone can see it please let me know so I can fix it and then make the changes so my friend can use it. Thanks!

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

public class NumberSorter extends JFrame implements ActionListener{

private JTextField tf1, tf2, tf3, tf4, tf5;
private JButton b1;
private JLabel l1, l2;
private JPanel panel;
private JTextArea outputArea;
int Numbers[]= new int[5];

public NumberSorter() {

super("Number Sorter");
Container contentPane = getContentPane();


//=========================================================================================================
//	 Create Panel where components are to be stored
//=========================================================================================================


JPanel panel = new JPanel();
panel.setBackground(Color.pink);//Change background colout to pink
//panel.setLayout(new GridLayout(5,6 ) );//set layout to GridLayout
//==========================================================================================================
//	 Create Label to give instructions to user
//==========================================================================================================

JLabel label1 = new JLabel("Please enter a number in each field and click on Bubble Sort Button to sort");
label1.setVerticalAlignment(JLabel.TOP);


//============================================================================================================
//	 Create TextField area for Output
//============================================================================================================


outputArea = new JTextArea(10,25);
outputArea.setEditable(false);//Do not allow Textarea to be edited.
outputArea.setLineWrap(true);//allow wrapping of text


//=============================================================================================================
//	 Create five TextFields	& One Button and Add Action Listeners
//=============================================================================================================

tf1 = new JTextField(5);
//Align text to center of textfield
tf1.setHorizontalAlignment(JTextField.CENTER);
// Initialize the text of the field
tf1.setText(" ");
tf1.addActionListener(this );


tf2 = new JTextField(5);
tf2.setHorizontalAlignment(JTextField.CENTER);
tf2.setText(" ");
tf2.addActionListener(this );




tf3 = new JTextField(5);
tf3.setText(" ");
tf3.setHorizontalAlignment(JTextField.CENTER);
tf3.addActionListener(this );




tf4 = new JTextField(5);
tf4.setHorizontalAlignment(JTextField.CENTER);
tf4.setText(" ");
tf4.addActionListener(this );



tf5 = new JTextField(5);
tf5.setHorizontalAlignment(JTextField.CENTER);
tf5.setText(" ");
tf5.addActionListener(this );



//Create JButton

JButton b1 = new JButton("BUBBLE SORT");
b1.addActionListener(this );

//=================================================================================================
// Add Label, TextFields, TextArea and Button to Panel.
//=================================================================================================
panel.add(label1);
panel.add(tf1);
panel.add(tf2);
panel.add(tf3);
panel.add(tf4);
panel.add(tf5);
panel.add(b1);
panel.add( new JScrollPane(outputArea), BorderLayout.CENTER );

//=================================================================================================
//	 Add the panel to the content pane and set window properties
//==================================================================================================

contentPane.add(panel);

setSize(450,300);
setVisible( true );

}//end of Sorter constructor

//===================================================================================================
//	 Use String Method to send Bubblesort array to TextArea
//===================================================================================================



public void actionPerformed( ActionEvent e ){

String s1="", s2="", s3="", s4="", s5="";




s1=tf1.getText();
Numbers[0]= Integer.parseInt(s1.trim()); //add FIRST number to array here
s2=tf2.getText();
Numbers[1]= Integer.parseInt(s2.trim()); //add SECOND number to array here
s3=tf3.getText();
Numbers[2]= Integer.parseInt(s3.trim()); //add THIRD number to array here
s4=tf4.getText();
Numbers[3]= Integer.parseInt(s4.trim()); //add FOURTH number to array here
s5=tf5.getText();
Numbers[4]= Integer.parseInt(s5.trim()); //add FIFTH number to array here



String output = ("Numbers in original order:\n");

// append array values to String output

for ( int counter = 0; counter < 5; counter++ ){

output += Integer.toString( Numbers[counter])+ " ";


outputArea.setText( output );//output numbers to TextArea



}//end of for loop



//====================================================================================================
//	 BubbleSort Numbers in Array and Display to TextArea
//====================================================================================================

if (e.getActionCommand()=="BUBBLE SORT"){ // test if Bubble Sort button was selected


int Numbers[]= new int[5];

String output = "Data items in original order\n";

// append original array values to String output

for ( int counter = 0; counter < array.length; counter++ )

output += " " + array[ counter ];

bubbleSort( array ); // sort array

output += "\n\nData items in ascending order\n";

// append sorted\ array values to String output

for ( int counter = 0; counter < array.length; counter++ )

output += " " + array[ counter ];

outputArea.setText( output );


}//end of ActionCommand


// sort elements of array with bubble sort

public void bubbleSort( int array2[] ) {

// loop to control number of passes

for ( int pass = 1; pass < array2.length; pass++ ) {

// loop to control number of comparisons

for ( int element = 0; element < array2.length - 1; element++ ) {

// compare side-by-side elements and swap them if first element is greater than second element

if ( array2[ element ] > array2[ element + 1 ] )

swap( array2, element, element + 1 );



}//end of inner for loop

}//end of for loop

}//end of BubbleSort

// swap two elements of an array

public void swap( int array3[], int first, int second ) {

int hold; // temporary holding area for swap

hold = array3[ first ];

array3[ first ] = array3[ second ];

array3[ second ] = hold;

}//end of swap


}


}

}//end of ActionEvent



//===========================================================================================================
// Instructions to Close Window
//===========================================================================================================

public static void main(String args [])
{

NumberSorter myFrame = new NumberSorter();
myFrame.setDefaultCloseOperation( JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE );

}

Here are the compile errors

----jGRASP exec: javac -g NumberSorter.java

NumberSorter.java:195: illegal start of expression
public void bubbleSort( int array2[] ) {
^
NumberSorter.java:195: illegal start of expression
public void bubbleSort( int array2[] ) {
       ^
NumberSorter.java:195: ';' expected
public void bubbleSort( int array2[] ) {
                      ^
NumberSorter.java:195: ';' expected
public void bubbleSort( int array2[] ) {
                                    ^
NumberSorter.java:221: illegal start of expression
public void swap( int array3[], int first, int second ) {
^
NumberSorter.java:221: illegal start of expression
public void swap( int array3[], int first, int second ) {
       ^
NumberSorter.java:221: ';' expected
public void swap( int array3[], int first, int second ) {
                ^
NumberSorter.java:221: <identifier> expected
public void swap( int array3[], int first, int second ) {
                               ^
NumberSorter.java:221: not a statement
public void swap( int array3[], int first, int second ) {
                                    ^
NumberSorter.java:221: ';' expected
public void swap( int array3[], int first, int second ) {
                                         ^
NumberSorter.java:221: ';' expected
public void swap( int array3[], int first, int second ) {
                                                     ^
NumberSorter.java:239: class, interface, or enum expected
}//end of ActionEvent
^
NumberSorter.java:247: class, interface, or enum expected
public static void main(String args [])
              ^
NumberSorter.java:251: class, interface, or enum expected
myFrame.setDefaultCloseOperation( JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE );
^
NumberSorter.java:253: class, interface, or enum expected
}
^
15 errors

So why is it hating that bubble sort so much?

Thanks for any and all input on this!

[Fubarable]

I can't read your code due to very inconsistent indentation. Please fix the indentation so we can understand what you're doing. Also you do not want to use == to compare Strings as you're doing here. Instead use either the .equals(...) or .equalsIgnoreCase(...) method.

[dlorde]

You've stuck your bubbleSort method declaration in the middle of your actionPerformed method. That's illegal. Sort out your indentation and you'll probably see where a closing curly brace } is missing.

[Veronicad1]

Okay I cleaned it up - like I said I found the code so I just wanted to see if it would work- this was the original code, not my creation. Now have new and improved issues and again forgive me for being a newbie. I want to get it to work then change it to work with names, not numbers. Thanks for the help. Sorry, trying to learn this as I go with the website and tutorials I can find.

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

public class NumberSorter extends JFrame implements ActionListener
{
	private JTextField tf1, tf2, tf3, tf4, tf5;
	private JButton b1;
	private JLabel l1, l2;
	private JPanel panel;
	private JTextArea outputArea;
	int Numbers[]= new int[5];
	public NumberSorter() 
	{
		super("Number Sorter");
		Container contentPane = getContentPane();
		setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
//=========================================================================================================
//	 Create Panel where components are to be stored
//=========================================================================================================
		JPanel panel = new JPanel();
		panel.setBackground(Color.YELLOW);
		//Change background colout to pink
//panel.setLayout(new GridLayout(5,6 ) );//set layout to GridLayout
//==========================================================================================================
//	 Create Label to give instructions to user
//==========================================================================================================
		JLabel label1 = new JLabel("Please enter a number in each field and click on Bubble Sort Button to sort");
		label1.setVerticalAlignment(JLabel.TOP);
//============================================================================================================
//	 Create TextField area for Output
//============================================================================================================
		outputArea = new JTextArea(10,25);
		outputArea.setEditable(false);//Do not allow Textarea to be edited.
		outputArea.setLineWrap(true);//allow wrapping of text
//=============================================================================================================
//	 Create five TextFields	& One Button and Add Action Listeners
//=============================================================================================================
		tf1 = new JTextField(5);
		//Align text to center of textfield
		tf1.setHorizontalAlignment(JTextField.CENTER);
		// Initialize the text of the field
		tf1.setText(" ");
		tf1.addActionListener(this );
		tf2 = new JTextField(5);
		tf2.setHorizontalAlignment(JTextField.CENTER);
		tf2.setText(" ");
		tf2.addActionListener(this );

		tf3 = new JTextField(5);
		tf3.setText(" ");
		tf3.setHorizontalAlignment(JTextField.CENTER);
		tf3.addActionListener(this );

		tf4 = new JTextField(5);
		tf4.setHorizontalAlignment(JTextField.CENTER);
		tf4.setText(" ");
		tf4.addActionListener(this );

		tf5 = new JTextField(5);
		tf5.setHorizontalAlignment(JTextField.CENTER);
		tf5.setText(" ");
		tf5.addActionListener(this );
		
		//Create JButton
			JButton b1 = new JButton("BUBBLE SORT");
			b1.addActionListener(this );

//=================================================================================================
// Add Label, TextFields, TextArea and Button to Panel.
//=================================================================================================
			panel.add(label1);
			panel.add(tf1);
			panel.add(tf2);
			panel.add(tf3);
			panel.add(tf4);
			panel.add(tf5);
			panel.add(b1);
			panel.add( new JScrollPane(outputArea), BorderLayout.CENTER );

//=================================================================================================
//	 Add the panel to the content pane and set window properties
//==================================================================================================

			contentPane.add(panel);
			setSize(450,300);
			setVisible( true );

			}
			//end of Sorter constructor

//===================================================================================================
//	 Use String Method to send Bubblesort array to TextArea
//===================================================================================================

	public void actionPerformed( ActionEvent e )
		{
				String s1="", s2="", s3="", s4="", s5="";
					s1=tf1.getText();
				Numbers[0]= Integer.parseInt(s1.trim()); //add FIRST number to array here
					s2=tf2.getText();
				Numbers[1]= Integer.parseInt(s2.trim()); //add SECOND number to array here
					s3=tf3.getText();
				Numbers[2]= Integer.parseInt(s3.trim()); //add THIRD number to array here
					s4=tf4.getText();
				Numbers[3]= Integer.parseInt(s4.trim()); //add FOURTH number to array here
					s5=tf5.getText();
				Numbers[4]= Integer.parseInt(s5.trim()); //add FIFTH number to array here
				String output = ("Numbers in original order:\n");
				// append array values to String output

					for ( int counter = 0; counter < 5; counter++ )
					{
						output += Integer.toString( Numbers[counter])+ " ";
						outputArea.setText( output );//output numbers to TextArea
					}
					//end of for loop

//====================================================================================================
//	 BubbleSort Numbers in Array and Display to TextArea
//====================================================================================================

						if (e.getActionCommand()=="BUBBLE SORT")
							{ 
							// test if Bubble Sort button was selected
							int Numbers[]= new int[5];
							String output = "Data items in original order\n";
							// append original array values to String output
							for ( int counter = 0; counter < array.length; counter++ )
								output += " " + array[ counter ];

								bubbleSort( array ); // sort array
								output += "\n\nData items in ascending order\n";
							// append sorted\ array values to String output
								for ( int counter = 0; counter < array.length; counter++ )
								output += " " + array[ counter ];
								outputArea.setText( output );
							}
							//end of ActionCommand
							}// sort elements of array with bubble sort
	public void bubbleSort( int array2[] ) 
						{
							// loop to control number of passes
							for ( int pass = 1; pass < array2.length; pass++ ) 
						{
							// loop to control number of comparisons
							for ( int element = 0; element < array2.length - 1; element++ ) 
						{
// compare side-by-side elements and swap them if first element is greater than second element
							if ( array2[ element ] > array2[ element + 1 ] )
								swap( array2, element, element + 1 );

						}//end of inner for loop
						}//end of for loop
						}//end of BubbleSort
						// swap two elements of an array

	public void swap( int array3[], int first, int second ) 
					{
					int hold; // temporary holding area for swap
					hold = array3[ first ];
					array3[ first ] = array3[ second ];
					array3[ second ] = hold;

					}//end of swap
				
					}//end of ActionEvent

And here are the error codes:

NumberSorter.java:128: output is already defined in actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent)
							String output = "Data items in original order\n";
							       ^
NumberSorter.java:130: cannot find symbol
symbol  : variable array
location: class NumberSorter
							for ( int counter = 0; counter < array.length; counter++ )
							                                 ^
NumberSorter.java:131: cannot find symbol
symbol  : variable array
location: class NumberSorter
								output += " " + array[ counter ];
								                ^
NumberSorter.java:133: cannot find symbol
symbol  : variable array
location: class NumberSorter
								bubbleSort( array ); // sort array
								            ^
NumberSorter.java:136: cannot find symbol
symbol  : variable array
location: class NumberSorter
								for ( int counter = 0; counter < array.length; counter++ )
								                                 ^
NumberSorter.java:137: cannot find symbol
symbol  : variable array
location: class NumberSorter
								output += " " + array[ counter ];
								                ^
6 errors

[pugazhendhi]

no need of bubble sort ., u can use hashtable for sorting the names ,.
first name and last name ., '
u have to keep the first name in key filed and last name in value filed ., and u have to do the sorting using vector .,, or collection .sort method is there .,
which will sort
u have any doubt ., i will post my small code with using gui ., its a console app

[pugazhendhi]

/**
 * author T.Pugazhendhi */

package com.silicomp.training;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Hashtable;
import java.util.Map;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.UIManager;

public class LastNameSorting 
{
	int count=1;
	private String strInput=null;
	
	Hashtable<String, String> htString=new Hashtable<String, String>();
	ArrayList<String> alLastNames=new ArrayList<String>();
	
	/**
	 * throws IOException 
	 * Here it will read the input from the showInputDialog, and it will initialize it to 
	 * strInput, which it declared as global.,
	 * and pass the control to getCount function 
	 * @throws MyException 
	 */

	private LastNameSorting()
	{
		
		
		strInput=" ";
			
		/**
		 * in this it will get the name from the user and put into hashatable
		 * with  lastname as key field and first name as value
		 * and one more copy of last name is stored  in the arraylsist ,.
		 * where the sorting is done in arraylist using the collection 
		 * and the arraylist is iterated and passed the hashtable to get
		 *  the values \
		 * 
		 */
		while(strInput.length()!=0)
		{
			
			strInput=JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Enter the names"+ "enter empty to quit program ");
			
			String[] strNames=strInput.split(" ");
			
			if(!htString.containsKey(strInput)&&strInput.length()!=0)
			{
				alLastNames.add(strNames[1]);
				
				htString.put(strNames[1],strNames[0]);
			}

			
		}
		
		Collections.sort(alLastNames);
		
		fnDisplay();
		
	}
	/**
	 * in this string is splitted and stored into the 
	 */
	public void fnDisplay()
	{
		for(int iterator=0;iterator<alLastNames.size();iterator++)
		{
			
			System.out.println(""+htString.get(alLastNames.get(iterator)).toString()+" "+alLastNames.get(iterator));
		}
	}
	
	public static void main(String[] args) 
	{
		
		try 
		 {
	         new LastNameSorting();
	     } 
		 catch (Exception ex) 
		 {
	         ex.printStackTrace();
	     }
	}

}

[Veronicad1]

That compiled - thank you Pugazhendhi! I plug that into where the bubble sort is? Sorry, I used to program legacy systems thinking I could just do this and this is a whole 'nuther beast!

[Veronicad1]

I got it work work with numbers (and threw a little PacMan in there - found that too!) just to show that I could get it to work. But I STILL cannot get an String Array to work with this. HELP!

import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.util.*;

public class NumberSorter extends JFrame implements ActionListener
{

private JTextField tf1, tf2, tf3, tf4, tf5;
private JButton b1;
private JLabel l1, l2;
private JPanel panel;
private JTextArea outputArea;
int Numbers[]= new int[5];

public NumberSorter() 
   {
      super("Number Sorter");
     Container contentPane = getContentPane();
      JPanel panel = new JPanel();

// Set background color to yellow

      panel.setBackground(Color.YELLOW);
      
// Set Font type and size

      Font labelFont = new Font("Arial", Font.BOLD, 14);

//  Create Label to give instructions to user

      JLabel label1 = new JLabel
         ("Please enter up to 5 numbers in each field and click Press Me ");
      label1.setFont(labelFont);
      label1.setVerticalAlignment(JLabel.TOP);

//  Create TextField area for Output

      outputArea = new JTextArea(10,25);

//  Create five TextFields & One Button and Add Action Listeners

         tf1 = new JTextField(5);

//Align text to center of textfield
      
         tf1.setHorizontalAlignment(JTextField.CENTER);
         tf1.setText(" ");
         tf1.addActionListener(this );

         tf2 = new JTextField(5);
         tf2.setHorizontalAlignment(JTextField.CENTER);
         tf2.setText(" ");
         tf2.addActionListener(this );

         tf3 = new JTextField(5);
         tf3.setText(" ");
         tf3.setHorizontalAlignment(JTextField.CENTER);
         tf3.addActionListener(this );

         tf4 = new JTextField(5);
         tf4.setHorizontalAlignment(JTextField.CENTER);
         tf4.setText(" ");
         tf4.addActionListener(this );

         tf5 = new JTextField(5);
         tf5.setHorizontalAlignment(JTextField.CENTER);
         tf5.setText(" ");
         tf5.addActionListener(this );

//Create JButton

         JButton b1 = new JButton("Press Me");
         b1.addActionListener(this );

// Add Label, TextFields, TextArea and Button to Panel.

         panel.add(label1);
         panel.add(tf1);
         panel.add(tf2);
         panel.add(tf3);
         panel.add(tf4);
         panel.add(tf5);
         panel.add(b1);
         panel.add( new JScrollPane(outputArea), BorderLayout.CENTER );

//  Add the panel to the content pane and set window properties

         contentPane.add(panel);

         setSize(475,450);
         setVisible( true );

   }

//  Use String Method to send array to TextArea


   public void actionPerformed( ActionEvent e )
      {

      String s1="", s2="", s3="", s4="", s5="";

         s1=tf1.getText();
        Numbers[0]= Integer.parseInt(s1.trim()); //array FIRST number
         s2=tf2.getText();
         Numbers[1]= Integer.parseInt(s2.trim()); //array SECOND number 
         s3=tf3.getText();
         Numbers[2]= Integer.parseInt(s3.trim()); //array THIRD number 
         s4=tf4.getText();
         Numbers[3]= Integer.parseInt(s4.trim()); //array FOURTH number
         s5=tf5.getText();
         Numbers[4]= Integer.parseInt(s5.trim()); //array FIFTH number 


         String output = ("Numbers in original order:\n");

// append array values to String output

         for ( int counter = 0; counter < 5; counter++ )
         {

            output += Integer.toString( Numbers[counter])+ "\n ";


            outputArea.setText(output);//output numbers to TextArea

         }
//To sort full array use sort(int[] ) method

               Arrays.sort(Numbers);
               
//print sorted  array
            String output1 = ("Sorted array \n");
            
            for(int index=0; index < Numbers.length ; index++)

            output1 += Integer.toString( Numbers[index])+ "\n ";


            outputArea.setText(output1);

      }

   		public void paint(Graphics g)
   			{
      		super.paint(g);
				g.setColor(Color.BLACK);
      		g.fillArc(10, 250, 110, 110, 70, 320);
				g.setColor(Color.RED);
     			g.fillArc(10, 250, 100, 100, 70, 320);
				g.setColor(Color.BLACK);
				g.fillOval(35,275,10,10);
				}


// Instructions to Close Window


      public static void main(String args [])
         {

        NumberSorter myFrame = new NumberSorter();
         myFrame.setDefaultCloseOperation( JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE );

         }


}//end program

[pugazhendhi]

i am checking u r code ., if i solve that one i will post u

[Junky]

HELP!

The "help" you have gotten so far consists of stealing someone else's code. Since you do not understand it you want us to fix it for you. Do you plan on doing any of the work yourself?

[DarrylBurke]

That's bad code, on several accounts. I suggest you learn how to correctly perform custom painting before trying to advise here. Also, you need to be aware of Swing's single threaded rule, and how to construct and manipulate Swing components only on the EDT.

More importantly, avoid posting full solutions. As Junky has hinted above, spoonfeeding is not help.

db

[pugazhendhi]

hey common ., thats not my code ., i redited to make sure that it work for strings., if u find any faults in my code then i am extremely sorry ., everyone has his own way ., i cant follow ur way ., of code untill u teach it ., if u really want to make something to teach us , then tell us clearly ., what i have to correct here ., i correct it

[dlorde]

@Pugazhendhi - if you want help, please start your own thread. Meanwhile, we are trying to help someone write their own code, so please don't post badly coded solutions.

[Fubarable]

Moderator action: post with misleading advice deleted.

[Veronicad1]

The "help" you have gotten so far consists of stealing someone else's code. Since you do not understand it you want us to fix it for you. Do you plan on doing any of the work yourself?

Wow I have never seen so many haters; I did what I could for my friend. I'm actually doing this as a favor. I don't know Java, I volunteered thinking it couldn't be that hard. How many mea culpas must I post? I asked for help - that's it. If you can't say anything nice then say nothing at all. I am not EXPECTING ANYONE TO DO ANYTHING - I asked for input as I learn. Please, don't be a teacher, your students will kill themselves with that attitude. Sheesh.

[Veronicad1]

That's bad code, on several accounts. I suggest you learn how to correctly perform custom painting before trying to advise here. Also, you need to be aware of Swing's single threaded rule, and how to construct and manipulate Swing components only on the EDT.

More importantly, avoid posting full solutions. As Junky has hinted above, spoonfeeding is not help.

db

I wouldn't know swing code from a fottrot. Like I said and please allow me to apologize for my stupidity yet again:
1) I AM NEW TO JAVA - THIS IS ALL GREEK TO ME
2) I DID THIS FOR A FRIEND
3) I MADE A MISTAKE AND POSTED HERE ASKING FOR HELP

How many of these mistakes do you think I will repeated based on Einsteins belief that the definition of insanity is repeating an action over and over expecting different results - I'm going to say NONE.

Thanks you guys for being so rude - as a legacy programmer we were taught manners and how to try to be kind. Not hand hold but at least be decent. Sorry you all missed that in life. Only one person was even remotely kind and to him I say thank you.

Being on the internet allows people to be mean-spirited. I can only say be careful what kind of karma you create - it will come back to you, good or bad.