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S_Grimm

Wed Oct 15, 2008 2:39 pm


Java IO

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Ok, I just finished reading the I\O tutorials in the Tutorial Section in java AND searched the wiki, but they both were about as clear as mud. I understand the import for strings, but i need to get int double, byte, short, or long into a variable that i can manipulate. For example

readInt(variable1);
variable2 = Math.pow(variable1, 2);
System.out.println (variable2);


So I guess what i need is this : How do i read int, double, long, etc... and store it in a variable?

Thanks in Advance
A\V


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btiffin

Wed Oct 15, 2008 2:52 pm


Re: Java IO

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There are multiple ways; here is one sampler
String str = "42";
int i = Integer.parseInt(str);
long l = Long.parseLong(str);

String snum = "42.123";
float f = Float.parseFloat(snum);
String sback = Float.toString(f);
Conversion errors can be trapped with judicious use of try/catch.

Hope that helps.

Cheers


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S_Grimm

Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:42 am


Re: Java IO

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no, i sort of need a Double variable1
//this code is going to be wrong, but it will show you what i want.
System.in (variable1)



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wtd

Thu Oct 16, 2008 8:10 am


RE:Java IO

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Let me ask you... can you use System.in to read in a String?


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[Gandalf]

Thu Oct 16, 2008 9:04 am


RE:Java IO

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There is a nifty Scanner class in Java 1.5 and up that makes console input much nicer, Google it.  It will also save you the String cast.


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S_Grimm

Thu Oct 16, 2008 3:02 pm


RE:Java IO

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yes. if you call it through BufferedReader

edit. alright. i got it to read an int. now is the time when we say how stupid i am and that biffin was right. i am a complete dumb***. sorry everybody... :oops:

now on to my next problem. I was trying to write a method that would allow me to call my own function to read int, but hit a snag. i'll post the code first. then go over my problem.

import java.io.*;
public class read
{
public static void main (String 

now, if you take the "num = " out of the in.readInt(); and comment the int num; and System.out.println (num); , the code works fine. what i want to do is be able to have num = in.readInt(); and return a value. can anyone give me a hand with this?

edit2:
never mind. i had to stick a return and change it from void to int. Ill post the code just incase anyone else whats to look at it and try to suggest something else...

import java.io.*;
public class read
{
public static void main (String