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Im trying to get a text file from a server and load it into a 2
dimensional array. So i came up with the follwoing method. The file is
a table using "|" to indicate the end of a cell and "¬" to indicate
the end of a row. I use if statements to find these but the if
statements done seem to to execute!! Any ideas?

J

void getFile(String url) throws IOException {
int x = 0;
int y = 0;
StreamConnection c = null;
InputStream s = null;
StringBuffer b = new StringBuffer();
TextBox t = null;
String temp;
try {
c = (StreamConnection)Connector.open(url);
s = c.openInputStream();
int ch;
while((ch = s.read()) != -1) {
temp = String.valueOf((char)ch);
if (temp == "|"){
fileArray[x][y] = b.toString();

x++;
b = null;
}
else if (temp == "¬"){
fileArray[x][y] = b.toString();
x = 0;
y++;
b = null;

}
else{
b.append((char) ch);
t = new TextBox("Fetch Page", b.toString(), 1024,
0);
}
}

JONESEY
> Im trying to get a text file from a server and load it into a 2
> dimensional array. So i came up with the follwoing method. The file is
> a table using "|" to indicate the end of a cell and "¬" to indicate
> the end of a row. I use if statements to find these but the if
> statements done seem to to execute!! Any ideas?
>
> J
>
> void getFile(String url) throws IOException {
> int x = 0;
> int y = 0;
> StreamConnection c = null;
> InputStream s = null;
> StringBuffer b = new StringBuffer();
> TextBox t = null;
> String temp;
> try {
> c = (StreamConnection)Connector.open(url);
> s = c.openInputStream();
> int ch;
> while((ch = s.read()) != -1) {
> temp = String.valueOf((char)ch);
> if (temp == "|"){
> fileArray[x][y] = b.toString();

Some interesting code! First you have to decide whether you're
going to using Strings or chars. Based on your coercion of an
int into a String containing a single character, it appears
that you're going the String route. But then you do the oddest
comparison! If you're checking for String equivalance then you
should use temp.equals( "|" ). Your code just checks whether the
strings share the same memory location. (They don't)
That being said, have you considered using char instead? That
would make the if statement look like this:
if( '|' == (char) ch ) {
A bit less overhead than what you've got currently.

Yeah sorry it is intresting code. I have now got it doing it via the
char comparison but its not doing anything!! The program just stops!!
Was there anything e;se that jumped out at you

On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 13:11:39 -0500, Sudsy <>
wrote:
>Some interesting code! First you have to decide whether you're
>going to using Strings or chars. Based on your coercion of an
>int into a String containing a single character, it appears
>that you're going the String route. But then you do the oddest
>comparison! If you're checking for String equivalance then you
>should use temp.equals( "|" ). Your code just checks whether the
>strings share the same memory location. (They don't)
>That being said, have you considered using char instead? That
>would make the if statement look like this:
> if( '|' == (char) ch ) {
>A bit less overhead than what you've got currently.

JONESEY
> Yeah sorry it is intresting code. I have now got it doing it via the
> char comparison but its not doing anything!! The program just stops!!
> Was there anything e;se that jumped out at you

On second visit, it appears that the very first time you encounter
a character which isn't special (i.e. the NOT or the OR) you create
a new TextBox. I don't know where the code for setVisible( true )
is located but it looks like that constructor doesn't belong INSIDE
the loop. Shouldn't it only be instantiated AFTER the loop, i.e.
after you've read the entire input?

the problem lies with the b = null; Is there anyway to delete all teh
characters from a String buffer?

JONESEY
> the problem lies with the b = null; Is there anyway to delete all teh
> characters from a String buffer?
>

b.setLength( 0 );

A BIG THANKS!!!!

J

On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 16:04:03 -0500, Sudsy <>
wrote:

>JONESEY
>> the problem lies with the b = null; Is there anyway to delete all teh
>> characters from a String buffer?
>>
>
>b.setLength( 0 );