How to Display in JTextfield with Conversion Calculator - Page 2

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NormR1 563 Posting Sage Team Colleague · Answer 1 · 2011-09-22T03:35:30+00:00

I used this statement so that it would convert the string input in textfield to a double,

Where is the converted value saved in a variable? That code does NOT assign any value to a variable. The converted value is discarded.
That statement calls two methods: equals() and parseDouble() and does NOT save the values returned by either.

javaNooblet 0 Junior Poster · Answer 2 · 2011-09-22T07:17:16+00:00

private class CalcListener implements ActionListener{
		
		public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
			String centInput = centText.getText() , inchInput = inchText.getText(), meterInput = meterText.getText(), 
			yardInput = yardsText.getText();
			double cent=0, inch=0, meter=0, yard=0;
			
			DecimalFormat beagle = new DecimalFormat("0.00");
			
			if(!yardsText.getText().equals("0.00"))
			{
				yardInput.equals(Double.parseDouble(yardsText.getText()));
				yard = Double.parseDouble(yardInput);
				inch = Double.parseDouble(yardInput) * 36.00;
				cent = Double.parseDouble(yardInput) * 91.44;
				meter = Double.parseDouble(yardInput) * 0.9144;
				
				yardsText.setText(String.valueOf(beagle.format(yard)));
				inchText.setText(String.valueOf(beagle.format(inch)));
				centText.setText(String.valueOf(beagle.format(cent)));
				meterText.setText(String.valueOf(beagle.format(meter)));
				
			}

NormR1 563 Posting Sage Team Colleague · Answer 3 · 2011-09-22T07:21:39+00:00

This statement does NOTHING useful:
yardInput.equals(Double.parseDouble(yardsText.getText()));

It can be removed and not change any of the results.

javaNooblet 0 Junior Poster · Answer 4 · 2011-09-22T07:22:47+00:00

Line 4 and 5 declare the strings and assign the textfields to the "input" variables.
Line 10 checks to see if there is an input the textfield other than the default "0.00"
Line 12 converts the string data in yardsText into a double, which allows
Lines 13-16 to use yardInput for conversions.

NormR1 563 Posting Sage Team Colleague · Answer 5 · 2011-09-22T07:24:32+00:00

Line 12 does NOTHING useful.
Comment it out, compile and test it and see.

javaNooblet 0 Junior Poster · Answer 6 · 2011-09-22T07:25:24+00:00

You are correct(not that I doubted your knowledge). I was just trying to explain what I thought was going on. Thanks for pointing out that I had useless code in there. Now I am trying to figure out why I put it in there ;/.

NormR1 563 Posting Sage Team Colleague · Answer 7 · 2011-09-22T07:28:42+00:00

Many of the methods you call RETURN values that should be stored/saved in a variable. If you do NOT save them then the work done by the method is LOST!