JOptionpane input question

[fobber]

Hi all,

I have a question regarding a JOptionpane question. I want to have a window to enter a number, and then send it to another class.

An example I would like to use is

{JOptionPane.showMessageDialog( null, "Deposit");
String input = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter the deposit amount: ");
}

And as for the class,

public class Teller
{
ArrayList acct;
public void deposit(String accNum, double amt, String name)
{

}
}

I'm confused on how it can send it to another class where the methods have different parameters and not sure if it is even allowed.

[brad211987]

To use your deposit method, you will need to get the correct types of values first. Your method takes a double value as the amount, so you will need to parse your input variable to a double like this:

double amount = Double.parseDouble(input);


You will also need to get the name and account number from the user and then pass all of that to your method through a Teller object, for example:

//create Teller object and store in variable tel
Teller tel = new Teller();

//call deposit method
tel.deposit(accountNum, amount, name);


This way, you have all of your information, and it is all sent to the deposit method to satisfy all of its required parameters.

[fobber]

Thank you for the fast reply brad211987.

I will continue to work on this project.

[thai_jedi]

I have this code:


/*
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* and open the template in the editor.
*/

package bensbox;

import java.util.Scanner;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;

/**
*
* @author Administrator
*/
public class Box {

/**
* @param args the command line arguments
*/
public static void main(String[] args)

{

Scanner input = new Scanner( System.in );

String side = "";

int stars; // number of stars on a side
int column; // the current column of the square being printed
int row = 1; // the current row of the square being printed

// prompt and read the length of the side from the user
side = JOptionPane.showInputDialog( null, "Enter length of side:" );
stars =Integer.parseInt(side);

if ( stars < 1 )
{
stars = 1;
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Invalid Input\nUsing default value 1" );
} // end if
else if ( stars > 20 )
{
stars = 20;
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Invalid Input\nUsing default value 20" );
} // end else if

// repeat for as many rows as the user entered
while ( row <= stars )
{
column = 1;

// and for as many columns as rows
while ( column <= stars )
{
if ( row == 1 )
System.out.print( "*" );
else if ( row == stars )
System.out.print( "*" );
else if ( column == 1 )
System.out.print( "*" );
else if ( column == stars )
System.out.print( "*" );
else
System.out.print( " " );

column++;
} // end inner while loop

System.out.println( );
row++;
} // end outer while loop
} // end method main




// TODO code application logic here


}

My question is how do I get the System.out.println( ); in the form of a JOptionpane.showmessage dialogue? Because I want it to pop up?