How do I print a string and array value in the same line of text?

[scottdaking]

Hello All,

I'm working on a program that tracks tutoring earnings. The program uses a GUI where the user enters time and earnings for each tutoring session. The program stores the input values in a 2D array when an enter button is pushed, calculates the total time spent tutoring, avg earnings, total earnings, minimum wage earned and whether the earnings are avg, above or below. These calculations are displayed in a specific format in the GUI text box when a report button is pushed.

Right now, I am having difficulty determining how to display a string alongside the array value. Based on the required output, each time the enter button is pushed, the time and earnings should be displayed. This is my code for the enter button method thus far:

private void enterButtonActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {                                            

        double time = Double.parseDouble(sessionLength.getText());
        double earnings = Double.parseDouble(earningsReceived.getText());

        //each time user enters the time spent and earnings received for each
        //tutor session, those values will be added to the array.
        
        //positive input warning
        if (time <= 0 || earnings <= 0) {
            Component frame = null;
            JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(frame,"Values for time and earnings must be positive numbers", "Invalid Input Warning", JOptionPane.WARNING_MESSAGE);
            return;
        }
        else {
            tutorArray[i][0] = time;
            tutorArray[i][1] = earnings;
            
         //determine the minimum wage   
            if (earnings < tutorArray [i][1]) {
                minimumWage = earnings;
            }
            else {
                minimumWage = tutorArray [i][1];
            }
            totalMinutes += time;
            totalWages += earnings;
            
         //clear text area output
         dataTextArea.setText(" ");
        
         //display time and earnings so far
         dataTextArea.append("Minutes =" + "      " + "Earnings =\n");
         i++;
        }

This is the required output:

Minutes = 60.0 Earnings = $10.0
Minutes = 120.0 Earnings = $40.0

This is my last output:



Any assistance will be greatly appreciated and YES, I AM Java-challenged! Thanks for noticing!

Scott

[AndrewM16921]

First thing I notice:

tutorArray[i][1] = earnings;

if (earnings < tutorArray [i][1]) {
...
}

If you set them equal, how can this if statement ever be true?



Second,
just concatenate the values to the string like this:

dataTextArea.append("Minutes = " + totalMinutes + "      " + "Earnings = " + totalWages + "\n");

[scottdaking]

Thanks for the reply and the insight, Andrew! How could I forget the rules of concatenation????

I understand your logic as far as my "if" statement. This was my attempt to assign the minimum wage, which will be necessary for the reporting method that follows this. I'm not sure how else to code that functionality.