Matrix

[awesom]

Hi,

Im new to java and i want to make a 2x2 matrix, but nothing on the internet could me make clear enough to understand it.
So basically i want a class "Matrix" who represents a 2x2 matrix.
Any help would be great!;)

[JosAH]

Hi,

Im new to java and i want to make a 2x2 matrix, but nothing on the internet could me make clear enough to understand it.
So basically i want a class "Matrix" who represents a 2x2 matrix.
Any help would be great!;)

You could use four separate numbers, as in:

double a00, a01, a10, a11;

... but that doesn't scale very well (you most certainly don't want to take that route with a 100x100 matrix); or you could simply define a two dimensional array:

double[][] a= new double[2][2];

kind regards,

Jos

[awesom]

Hey thanks for you help, but now i got this:

public class Matrix
{
   private int[][] x1,y1;

    /**
     * Constructor for objects of class Matrix
     */
    public Matrix()
    {
       double[][] a= new double[2][2];
    }

Do i need to change the field too? Sorry this is like my second time java:$
And yeah im so dumb, i want to print the result of the 2x2 matrix.
Can i do that with a System.out.println?

[awesom]

no one can help me?
I just cant fix it...

What's wrong in my code?
I can make a object, but when i excute "public void print()" it gives "double" back and nothing more:(

public class Matrix
{
    // instance variables - replace the example below with your own
   private int[][] x1,y1;

    /**
     * Constructor for objects of class Matrix
     */
    public Matrix(double matr)
    {
       double[][] a= new double[2][2];
    }

   
    
    public void print()
    {
        System.out.println(double.class);
    }
}

[sunde887]

There are a lot of problems. Including, why are you printing double.class? Why do you expect it to print anything other than double? Why do you give the constructor an argument and not use it? Why is the argument a double, and not a matrix? Why do you create a local 2d array in the matrix constructor? Do you ever initialize the instance variables? Why is the instance variable of type int? Why do you have two 2d arrays as instance variables?

Also, please use code tags when posting code: [code] YOUR CODE HERE [/code]

[awesom]

There are a lot of problems. Including, why are you printing double.class? Why do you expect it to print anything other than double? Why do you give the constructor an argument and not use it? Why is the argument a double, and not a matrix? Why do you create a local 2d array in the matrix constructor? Do you ever initialize the instance variables? Why is the instance variable of type int? Why do you have two 2d arrays as instance variables?

Also, please use code tags when posting code: [code] YOUR CODE HERE [/code]

I changed the double.class but the problem is that i dont know what to use to make it print.
I did make a setter but i dont know if it will works because i cant see the result of it.
How can i make the argument a matrix?
And how can i make a matrix than?

 public class Matrix
{
    /**
     * Constructor for objects of class Matrix
     */
    public Matrix()
    {
        int [ ] [ ] scores = new int [ 2 ] [ 2 ] ;
    }
    
    public void setTable()
    {
        int [ ] [ ] scores = {   { 20, 18},
                                 { 18, 20}
                             };        
    };
    
    public void print()
    {
        System.out.println();
    }
}

Greets,

[sunde887]

Lesson: Object-Oriented Programming Concepts (The Java™ Tutorials > Learning the Java Language) may be of help to you. Look into how to use the constructor properly. The setter, and the constructor, should initialize, or change, the instance variable of the class. Obviously the instance variable should be the two dimensional array(could also be 2 1D arrays if you don't want to use a 2D array. The print method should print each item in the instance variable via loop techniques.

[awesom]

Cant you tell me what to do? I read those manuals and i still dont get it.
I just want to know where i need to set "int [ ] [ ] scores = new int [ 2 ] [ 2 ] ;" And does this make a matrix?
I need only a matrix and it needs to get a print option more not, some more explaination is welcome;)

[sunde887]

Re read those tutorials until you do understand. They are written quite well. I won't give you the answer (but the tutorials will).

[JosAH]

Cant you tell me what to do? I read those manuals and i still dont get it.
I just want to know where i need to set "int [ ] [ ] scores = new int [ 2 ] [ 2 ] ;" And does this make a matrix?
I need only a matrix and it needs to get a print option more not, some more explaination is welcome;)

It's just a matter of local variables versus member variables; it has nothing to do with matrices per se. I agree with Sunde and also tell you to reread the manuals. If we'd give you the answer you'd just copy and paste it without understanding what you did which can be quite dangerous.

kind regards,

Jos