Thread: Help with Pig Latin Translator...

Hey guys, i am a newbie and having a problem getting text from a JTextArea to another JTextArea within the same Jframe using a button. The text in the Text Area West needs to be a user input/string, then when you press the button it will go to the translator and then output the string in Piglatin to the other TextArea West. I have the translator built but cannot figure out how to get the text from the text area using the scanner and then connect it to the button to have it append in the other text area. Any advice will help. The assigment is due Thursday and i am stressing out!

import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
 
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
 
 
public class jchan extends JFrame{
	private static JFrame window;
	private static JTextArea jt1;
	private static JTextArea jt2;
 
	public jchan(){
 
	}
 
	public static void createAndShowGUI(){
		window = new jchan();
 
		window.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
		window.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
 
		jt1 = new JTextArea("Hello");
		jt2 = new JTextArea("Goodbye");
		window.add(jt1);
		window.add(jt2);
 
		JButton button = new JButton("convert");
		button.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
 
			@Override
			public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0) {
				jt2.setText(jt1.getText());
 
			}
 
		});
		window.add(button);
		window.pack();
		window.setSize(200, 200);
		window.setVisible(true);
 
	}
 
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                createAndShowGUI();
            }
        });
	}
 
}

Thank you so much, you are a lifesaver! I have been trying to figure that one out for a few days. It all makes sense now. Its always hard when your just learning a new language. Now i just need to try and tie in the translator class to the button. Thanks again!

I am still confused as to how i can call the method from the Translator and run it through the button. Here is the translator code and the code for the frame with the main method. Any advice will greatly enhance my learning experience sense i have spent hours reading the Java documentations. BTW, this is only my second homework assignment!
// Here is the Translator

import java.util.Scanner;

public class Translator
{
//public static void main(String[] args)
public String translate()
{

Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
while(sc.hasNextLine())
{
String line = sc.nextLine().trim().toLowerCase();
while(line.length() > 0) {
int blank = line.indexOf(' ');
String word = "";

if(blank > 0) {
word = line.substring(0, blank);
line = line.substring(blank).trim();
} else {
word = line;
line = "";
}

int a = word.indexOf('a');
int e = word.indexOf('e');
int i = word.indexOf('i');
int o = word.indexOf('o');
int u = word.indexOf('u');

if((a == -1)&&(e == -1) && (i == -1) &&
(o == -1) && (u == -1))
{
word = word + "ay";
} else {
if((a == 0)||(e == 0)||(i == 0) || (o == 0) ||
(u == 0))
{
word = word + "way";
} else {
int n = word.length();
if((a >= 0) && (a < n))
n = a;
if((e >= 0) && (e < n))
n = e;
if((i >= 0) && (i < n))
n = i;
if((o >= 0) && (o < n))
n = o;
if((u >= 0) && (u < n))
n = u;
word = word.substring(n) +
word.substring(0, n) + "ay";
}
}
System.out.print(word + " ");
}
//System.out.println();
}
}
}




// Here is the frame class with the button and main

import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.*;

import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;



/**
This is a frame class for the translator

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*/

public class jchan extends JFrame{
private static JFrame window;
private static JTextArea jt1;
private static JTextArea jt2;
private static JScrollPane areaScrollPaneE;
private static JScrollPane areaScrollPaneW;

public jchan(){

}

public static void createAndShowGUI(){
window = new jchan();
window.setTitle("Pig Latin Translator");
window.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLO SE);
window.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
window.setLayout(new BorderLayout());


// Creates the JTextAreas

jt1 = new JTextArea("Enter text here");
jt2 = new JTextArea();
window.add(jt1);
window.add(jt2);


// Allows for scrolling of the text area west

JScrollPane areaScrollPaneW = new JScrollPane(jt1);
areaScrollPaneW.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(
JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
areaScrollPaneW.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(300,100));
window.add(areaScrollPaneW, BorderLayout.WEST);


// Allows for scrolling of the text area east

JScrollPane areaScrollPaneE = new JScrollPane(jt2);
areaScrollPaneE.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(
JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
areaScrollPaneE.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(300,100));
window.add(areaScrollPaneE, BorderLayout.EAST);

// Button Panel South

JPanel buttonPanel = new JPanel( );
buttonPanel.setBackground(Color.BLACK);
buttonPanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout( ));


JButton button = new JButton("Translate");
buttonPanel.add(button);
window.add(buttonPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
button.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){

// THIS IS WHERE IAM HAVING THE PROBLEM CALLING THE METHOD
@Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0) {
jt2.setText(translate(jt1.getText()));

}

});
//window.add(button);
window.pack();
window.setSize(700, 250);
window.setVisible(true);

}

public static void main(String[] args) {
javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
createAndShowGUI();
}
});
}

}

Thanks.....