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[tjt]

Hello,
Is there a way to delete a certain character?
Totally deleting it.
I'm trying to create a Typing Game.
I tried this following codes which didn't work.

textTyped.deleteCharAt(textTyped.length()-1);
textTyped.replace(textTyped.length()-1, textTyped.length(), "");

textTyped.deleteCharAt(textTyped.length()-1); <--- adds something different not totally deleting it. It adds a character. A box with question mark inside..

Can you suggest a code that I can use?
Thanks

[awinston]

Using the deleteCharAt() method works fine for me...

What is the content of textTyped, and is it an object of type StringBuilder? Can you post the construction of the object? Also, how do you know that box with a question mark inside was appended to the StringBuilder? Did you print it?

[tjt]

This is the rest of the code:

package withLevels;

import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.Frame;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Toolkit;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyListener;
import java.awt.font.TextAttribute;
import java.text.AttributedCharacterIterator;
import java.text.AttributedString;
import java.util.Random;

import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.SwingConstants;
import javax.swing.Timer;



public class EasyLevel extends JPanel implements KeyListener,ActionListener 
	{
	
		private String word = "";
		private StringBuilder textTyped = new StringBuilder( "");
		private int correct = 0;
		private int chart = 0;
		private boolean timerDone = false, checker = true;
		
		
		AttributedString attributedString = new AttributedString(word);
		
		JFrame promptFrame, easyframe , menuframe;
		JPanel promptPanel;
		JLabel wordlabel , timerLabel , scoreLabel;
		JButton pauseButton , resumeButton , gomenuButton, restartButton , exitButton  ;
		Timer timer;
		
		Random hello = new Random();
		
		String[] wordList = new String [50];
		
		{
		
		wordList [0] = "bored";
		wordList [1] = "clock";
		wordList [2] = "hello";
		wordList [3] = "brand";
		wordList [4] = "faith";
		wordList [5] = "sleep";
		wordList [6] = "might";
		wordList [7] = "while";
		wordList [8] = "break";
		wordList [9] = "still";
		wordList [10] = "birds";
		wordList [11] = "cream";
		wordList [12] = "south";
		wordList [13] = "north";
		wordList [14] = "count";
		wordList [15] = "frame";
		wordList [16] = "phone";	
		wordList [17] = "green";
		wordList [18] = "cross";
		wordList [19] = "cakes";
		wordList [20] = "mirro";
		wordList [21] = "steel";
		wordList [22] = "steal";
		wordList [23] = "doors";
		wordList [24] = "rooms";
		wordList [25] = "short";
		wordList [26] = "stare";
		wordList [27] = "books";
		wordList [28] = "chair";
		wordList [29] = "sound";
		wordList [30] = "music";
		wordList [31] = "songs";
		wordList [32] = "sting";
		wordList [33] = "light";
		wordList [34] = "sling";
		wordList [35] = "files";
		wordList [36] = "calls";
		wordList [37] = "games";
		wordList [38] = "power";
		wordList [39] = "happy";
		wordList [40] = "paint";
		wordList [41] = "colds";
		wordList [42] = "cloud";
		wordList [43] = "black";
		wordList [44] = "lower";
		wordList [45] = "bliss";
		wordList [46] = "pants";
		wordList [47] = "lease";
		wordList [48] = "naval";
		wordList [49] = "salon";
		
		word = wordList[hello.nextInt(50)] ;
		
		
		}
	
	
		public EasyLevel()
			{
				super();
				
				
				
				this.addKeyListener(this);
				timerLabel = new JLabel("Timer: 120 seconds" , SwingConstants.CENTER);
				promptFrame = new JFrame ("Typing Game");
				promptPanel = new JPanel ();
				gomenuButton = new JButton("Go Back to Menu?");
				restartButton = new JButton ("Play Easy Level Again?");
				exitButton = new JButton ("Exit Program");
				scoreLabel = new JLabel ("Score: ");
				
				promptFrame.setVisible(false);
				promptFrame.add(promptPanel);
				promptPanel.add(scoreLabel);
				promptPanel.add(gomenuButton);
				promptPanel.add(restartButton);
				promptPanel.add(exitButton);
				
				promptFrame.setSize(500,500);
				gomenuButton.addActionListener(this);
				
				easyframe = new JFrame ();
				easyframe.add(this);
				//pauseButton = new JButton ("Pause");
				//resumeButton = new JButton ("Resume");
				
				//this.add(resumeButton);
				//this.add(pauseButton);
				this.add(timerLabel);
				this.setBackground(Color.pink);
				int count = 120;
				
				timerLabel.setFont(new Font("Serif", Font.PLAIN, 25));
				timerLabel.setText("Time Left: " + count);
				timerLabel.setForeground(Color.white);
				
				TimeClass tc = new TimeClass(count);
				
				timer = new Timer(100, tc);
				timer.start();
			}
	
		public static void main (String [] args)
			{
			
			TypingGame typing = new TypingGame();
			
			}
		
		
		
		
	
		public class TimeClass implements ActionListener
			{
			
				int counter;
				
				public TimeClass(int counter)
				{
					
				     this.counter = counter;
				
				}
				
					public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent tc)
					{
						//System.out.println("hello");
					
							counter--;
							
							if (counter >= 1)
								{
								
									timerLabel.setText("Time Left: " + counter + " seconds");
									
								}
							
							else if (counter == 0)
							{
								timer.stop();
								System.out.println(counter);
								timerLabel.setText("Done!");
								Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().beep();
								timerDone = true;
								System.out.println("hi");
								promptFrame.setVisible(true);
							}
					
					
					}
				
			}
	
		
		@Override
		public void keyPressed(KeyEvent arg0)
			
			{
				// TODO Auto-generated method stub
		    	int length = word.length();
		    	
		    		
				  	if (arg0.getKeyChar()==KeyEvent.VK_ENTER)
				  		{	
				  		    //System.out.println("hello");
				  		    System.out.println("word" + word);
				  		    System.out.println("text:" + textTyped);
				  			
				  		    if (String.valueOf(textTyped).equals(word))
				  			{
				  			textTyped.delete(0,textTyped.length());
							word = wordList[hello.nextInt(50)] ;
							System.out.println("hello");
							correct+= length * 3;
							chart += length;
							
							System.out.println("hwya enter " + textTyped.length());
							this.repaint();
				  			}
				  		}
				    	
				  	try
				    	{
							if (arg0.getKeyChar()==KeyEvent.VK_BACK_SPACE)
								{
									//text.deleteCharAt(text.length()-1);
									
								
									//textTyped = String.valueOf(textTyped.replace(length-1, length, ""));
									//textTyped = textTyped.toString().replaceFirst(textTyped.charAt(length-1), "0");
									textTyped.deleteCharAt(textTyped.length()-1);
									//textTyped.replace(textTyped.length()-1, textTyped.length(), "");
									System.out.println("herhe backspace " + textTyped.length());
									System.out.println(textTyped);	
									correct-=2;
									this.repaint();
								}
				    	}
				    	
				    catch (Exception e)
				    	{System.out.println("error");
		
						}
				  	
				  	
		    		

			}
	
		
		@Override
		public void keyReleased(KeyEvent arg0) 
			{
				// TODO Auto-generated method stub
	
			}
		
		
		@Override
		public void keyTyped(KeyEvent arg0) 
			{
				// TODO Auto-generated method stub
			
			if (arg0.getKeyChar()!=KeyEvent.VK_ENTER)
			
			
			//	System.out.println("entered keytype");
				
				textTyped.append(arg0.getKeyChar());
				
				try
				{
					if (textTyped.charAt(0)!= word.charAt(0))
						checker = false;
					else if (textTyped.charAt(0)== word.charAt(0)) checker = true;
					
					if (textTyped.charAt(1)!= word.charAt(1))
						checker = false;
					else if (textTyped.charAt(1)== word.charAt(1)) checker = true;
					
					if (textTyped.charAt(2)!= word.charAt(2))
						checker = false;
					else if (textTyped.charAt(2)== word.charAt(2)) checker = true;
					
					if (textTyped.charAt(3)!= word.charAt(3))
						checker = false;
					else if (textTyped.charAt(3)== word.charAt(3)) checker = true;
					
					if (textTyped.charAt(4)!= word.charAt(4))
						checker = false;
					else if (textTyped.charAt(4)== word.charAt(4)) checker = true;
					
					
				}
				
				catch (Exception jaja )
				{
					
				}
			
				//JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Timer Done!","Typing Game: Easy Level \nGo Back to Menu?(Yes) \nPlay Again (No)" , JOptionPane.YES_NO_OPTION);
			}
		
		public void paint(Graphics g) 
		{
			super.paint(g);
			
			g.setFont(new Font("comic sans",Font.BOLD,20));
			
			//g.setColor(Color.blue);
			//g.fillRect(5, 20, 270, 50);
		
			if (checker == false)
				g.setColor(Color.orange);
			else if (checker == true)
			g.setColor(Color.blue);
			g.fillRect(5, 30, 270, 50);
			g.setColor(Color.white);
			g.drawString("Word:", 10, 60);
			g.drawString(String.valueOf(word), 100, 60);
			
			g.setColor(Color.green);
			g.fillRect(5, 80, 270, 50);
			g.setColor(Color.white);
			g.drawString("Type:", 10, 110);
			g.drawString(textTyped.toString(), 100, 110);
			
			g.setColor(Color.red);
			g.fillRect(5, 130, 270, 50);
			g.setColor(Color.white);
			g.drawString("Score", 10, 160);
			g.drawString(String.valueOf(correct), 100, 160);
			
			g.setColor(Color.yellow);
			g.fillRect(5, 180, 270, 50);
			g.setColor(Color.white);
			g.drawString("Char", 10, 210);
			g.drawString(String.valueOf(chart), 100, 210);
			
			
			this.repaint();
	

		}

		@Override
		public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
			// TODO Auto-generated method stub
			
			
			if (e.getSource()== gomenuButton)
				{
					Menu menuclass = new Menu();
					menuframe.add(menuclass);
					menuframe.setVisible(true);
				
				}
		}

		




	}

Yes I printed it in the console.. The box with a question mark inside is added to the length of the textTyped -_-
Thanks for your help

[awinston]

Could you possibly provide a shorter piece of code that clearly demonstrates the issue? There is a lot of irrelevant information in the code that you posted.

More info: Short, Self Contained, Correct Example

[tjt]

 try
                        {
                            if (arg0.getKeyChar()==KeyEvent.VK_BACK_SPACE)
                                {
                                    //text.deleteCharAt(text.length()-1);
                                     
                                 
                                    //textTyped = String.valueOf(textTyped.replace(length-1, length, ""));
                                    //textTyped = textTyped.toString().replaceFirst(textTyped.charAt(length-1), "0");
                                    textTyped.deleteCharAt(textTyped.length()-1);
                                    //textTyped.replace(textTyped.length()-1, textTyped.length(), "");
                                    System.out.println("herhe backspace " + textTyped.length());
                                    System.out.println(textTyped);  
                                    correct-=2;
                                    this.repaint();
                                }
                        }

[awinston]

I recommend that you read the link I provided you so that it is easier for us to help you. You will probably need to create another piece of code to satisfy the requirements of a SSCCE.

[Tolls]

From the API for that method:
"If the character at the given index is a supplementary character, this method does not remove the entire character."

Is this a supplementary character?

[tjt]

What does supplementary character mean? :)

[Tolls]

Are you using any fancy characters?
Non-ASCII?

[tjt]

No sir, I only use letters, since its a typing game.. :)

[tjt]

This is what happened.. I first typed "paint" then I deleted the "t" then "pain" came out of the console which is correct but then when I added the "t" again to make the word correct, it displays that character/symbol which makes the input incorrect

[DarrylBurke]

See #4 and #6.

db

[tjt]

See #4 and #6.

What do you mean by #4 and #6?

[awinston]

What do you mean by #4 and #6?

Posts #4 and #6 on this thread.

[Tolls]

Posts.
Because without an SSCCE it's going to be rather difficult for us to tell what's happening.

Where do you add characters to textTyped?
There's a lot of code up there (hence the need for a much shorter version for us to look at) and I can't see it.
Essentially I'm wondering if the BACKSPACE character has ended up in the string builder.