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I am working on a program where I need to check a very short string to
see if it is either one or two digits. Specifically I need to check if
there is a second digit or not.
I have tried:
if ( isNull(string someString.charAt(1)) )
if ( string someString.charAt(1) == null )
if ( isNaN(string someString.charAt(1)) )
if ( string someString.length < 2 )

I know that some of these are wrong for a string object (or all are
wrong) but all of these give "cannot resolve symbol" compiler errors.
This seems like it should be a very simple thing to but I not finding a
soultion that can do this. Any help appreciated.

Thanks,
Brett

Brett schrieb:
> I am working on a program where I need to check a very short string to
> see if it is either one or two digits. Specifically I need to check if
> there is a second digit or not.
> I have tried:
> if ( isNull(string someString.charAt(1)) )
> if ( string someString.charAt(1) == null )
> if ( isNaN(string someString.charAt(1)) )
> if ( string someString.length < 2 )
>
> I know that some of these are wrong for a string object (or all are
> wrong) but all of these give "cannot resolve symbol" compiler errors.
> This seems like it should be a very simple thing to but I not finding a
> soultion that can do this. Any help appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Brett
>

You should really go back and read your Java tutorial again

if (someString != null)
{
int len = someString().trim().length();
switch (len)
{
case 1: // one digit string
break;
case 2: // two digit string
break;
default:
// do something else
}
}

Thomas

On Sat, 26 Jul 2003 17:12:35 GMT, Brett <magnesium_@yahoo.com> wrote
or quoted :

>I am working on a program where I need to check a very short string to
>see if it is either one or two digits. Specifically I need to check if
>there is a second digit or not.
> I have tried:
>if ( isNull(string someString.charAt(1)) )
>if ( string someString.charAt(1) == null )
>if ( isNaN(string someString.charAt(1)) )
>if ( string someString.length < 2 )

Your syntax is quite imaginative. Usually for something like this you
can find an example in a text book or online tutorial.


if ( something == null || something.length() < 2 )

Your attempts indicate you have quite a few misconceptions about Java.

1. you can't just make up method names. They must be defined, or you
must write them, e.g. isNull


2. String is a class and must always be specified by a capital letter.

3. when defining a variable a you mention its class, e.g. String, but
you may not when you reference it, e.g. in an IF statement.

4. the notion of NaN applies only to floating point numbers, not
Strings. See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/floatingpoint.html

5. charAt treats the String as a char[]. If you go out of bounds you
get an exception, not a null result.

6. In Java sometimes you write length and sometimes you write
length(), and sometimes size(). This is done to haze newbies and
boost billable hours correcting the errors.



--
Canadian Mind Products, Roedy Green.
Coaching, problem solving, economical contract programming.
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/jgloss.html for The Java Glossary.

> You should really go back and read your Java tutorial again
>
> if (someString != null)
> {
> int len = someString().trim().length();
> switch (len)
> {
> case 1: // one digit string
> break;
> case 2: // two digit string
> break;
> default:
> // do something else
> }
> }
>
> Thomas
>

I don't know what tutorials you've used but I own several books and I
have never seen a series of 3 methods in row like that before. I will
give it a shot.

thanks,
Brett

public boolean validateString(String someString) {
if (someString != null && someString.length() >= 2) {
try {
int n = Integer.parseInt(someString);

if (n > 9) {
return true;
}
} catch (Exception ex) {
return false;
}
}

return false;
}

Brett <magnesium_@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<7EyUa.169283$ v.net>...
> I am working on a program where I need to check a very short string to
> see if it is either one or two digits. Specifically I need to check if
> there is a second digit or not.
> I have tried:
> if ( isNull(string someString.charAt(1)) )
> if ( string someString.charAt(1) == null )
> if ( isNaN(string someString.charAt(1)) )
> if ( string someString.length < 2 )
>
> I know that some of these are wrong for a string object (or all are
> wrong) but all of these give "cannot resolve symbol" compiler errors.
> This seems like it should be a very simple thing to but I not finding a
> soultion that can do this. Any help appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Brett

Brett wrote:
>> You should really go back and read your Java tutorial again
>>
>> if (someString != null)
>> {
>> int len = someString().trim().length();
>> switch (len)
>> {
>> case 1: // one digit string
>> break;
>> case 2: // two digit string
>> break;
>> default:
>> // do something else
>> }
>> }
>>
>> Thomas
>>
>
> I don't know what tutorials you've used but I own several books and I
> have never seen a series of 3 methods in row like that before. I will
> give it a shot.

Try someString.trim().length();

Roger wrote:
> Please have pity on him, I think he is an ex VB programmer, and VB
> really ties itself in knots with it's nulls and variants that contain
> Nothing!
>

Well, although that would make me sound less stupid I am unfortunately
new to programming period I only have half a clue because I use Linux
which always needs some form of minor programming manipulation to get
things going in the right direction.

Brett

"Brett" <magnesium_@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:VGKUa.184338$ .net...
> Roedy Green wrote:
> > Your syntax is quite imaginative. Usually for something like this you
> > can find an example in a text book or online tutorial.
>
> This comes from programing out of sheer determination, especially when I
> can't locate the info I need

I recommend going through Sun's tutorial. It's online at their site and
will introduce you to many of the concepts you'll need.

>
> > if ( something == null || something.length() < 2 )
> >
> > Your attempts indicate you have quite a few misconceptions about Java.
> >
> > 1. you can't just make up method names. They must be defined, or you
> > must write them, e.g. isNull
>
> From what I have read online isNull is a Java method from what I found
> searching "isNull Java" in Google. Unless it is some sort of frequently
> used custom method.

Java doesn't have methods (other than "public static void main(String[]
args)"). Classes and objects have methods, and they are defined as part of
each class.

> In this particular
> case, why not just use the simple
>
> something == null
>
> comparison? Or is the isNull method supposedly doing anything else?
>
> Regards,
> Marco

Thats what I thought too. But for some reason it isn't that simple. I
originaly tried:

String someString;
if (someString.charAt(1) == null)
doThis();

which is aparently incorrect usage because the compiler would give:
operator == cannot be applied to char,<nulltype>

But I did have great success using:
if (someString.trim().length() < 2)

Thanks for all the help guys this newsgroup rocks.
Brett

Brett <magnesium_@yahoo.com> sez:

>Roger wrote:
>> Please have pity on him, I think he is an ex VB programmer, and VB
>> really ties itself in knots with it's nulls and variants that contain
>> Nothing!
>>
>
>Well, although that would make me sound less stupid I am unfortunately
>new to programming period I only have half a clue because I use Linux
>which always needs some form of minor programming manipulation to get
>things going in the right direction.

Brett,

There's a new beginner Java book from O'Reilly called
"Head First Java" that our user group just received for evaluation.
Looks useful for raw beginners:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/hfjava/

Try these too:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/javacook/
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/javanut4/

I'd also recommend checking out Pat Niemeryer's "Learning Java".
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/learnjava2/. Its excellent,
but assumes you are somewhat of a programmer already.

Frank G.
- NYJavaSIG Chair
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