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No pointers...hmm...
Author:  Martin [ Thu Nov 04, 2004 3:59 pm ]
Post subject:  No pointers...hmm...
Okay, I have a set of 5 objects, each of which is storing a number. I need to return the object associated with the lowest number. With C++, I could use a pointer, but how would I do this with Java?
Author:  Dan [ Thu Nov 04, 2004 4:05 pm ]
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have u tryed just retruning the object? lol

ie. return objectName


or am i missing the point of your post?
Author:  rizzix [ Thu Nov 04, 2004 4:08 pm ]
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assuming you define a method for each object to retrive the value of the stored number as getNumber

then all you need to do is probably something like this (assuming that the 5 objects are in an array called objects and StoringObject is the name of the class that defines these objects)

code:
StoringObject obj = objects[0];

for (StoringObject o : objects)
    if (obj.getNumber() < o.getNumber())
        obj = o;
Author:  Martin [ Thu Nov 04, 2004 4:09 pm ]
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Yeah, nevermind, it was a dumb question. I'm just slow lately.

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