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Thread: CheckboxGroup problem

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    Default CheckboxGroup problem

    import java.awt.event.*;
     import java.awt.*;
     import javax.swing.*;
     
     
    public class testNi extends Frame implements ActionListener {
        public Label first,second,result;
        public Button submit,clear;
        public TextField num1, num2;
        public Panel p,p1,p2,p3;
        CheckboxGroup c = new CheckboxGroup();
        Checkbox r1,r2,r3,r4; 
     
        public testNi(String title) {
            super(title);
            setLayout(new FlowLayout());
            p = new Panel();
            p1 = new Panel();
            p2 = new Panel();
            p3 = new Panel();
            first = new Label("Enter 1st number");
            second = new Label("Enter 2nd number");
            num1 = new TextField(20);
            num2 = new TextField(20);
            submit = new Button("Submit");
            clear = new Button("Clear");
            result = new Label("                        ");
     
            p3.add(r1=new Checkbox("addition",c,true));
            p3.add( new Checkbox("subtraction",c,false));
            p3.add( new Checkbox("multiplication",c,false));
            p3.add( new Checkbox("division",c,false));
            p.add(first);
            p.add(num1);
            p1.add(second);
            p1.add(num2);
            p2.add(submit);
            p2.add(clear);
     
     
            num1.addActionListener(this);
            num2.addActionListener(this);
            submit.addActionListener(this);
            clear.addActionListener(this);
     
     
            add(p3);
            add(p);
            add(p1);
            add(p2);
            add(result);
     
     
        }
     
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
          double ans=0.0;
     
        if(e.getSource() == submit){
             if(r1.getState() == true){
                 ans = Double.parseDouble(num1.getText()) + Double.parseDouble(num2.getText());
                 result.setText("Answer: " + ans);
             }
         }else if(e.getSource() == submit){
             if(r2.getState()==true){
                 ans = Double.parseDouble(num1.getText()) - Double.parseDouble(num2.getText());
                 result.setText("Answer: " + ans);
             }
         }else if(e.getSource() == submit){
             if(r3.getState()==true){
                 ans = Double.parseDouble(num1.getText()) * Double.parseDouble(num2.getText());
                 result.setText("Answer: " + ans); 
             }
         }
         else if(e.getSource() == submit){
             if(r4.getState()==true){
                 ans = Double.parseDouble(num1.getText()) / Double.parseDouble(num2.getText());
                 result.setText("Answer: " + ans);
             }
     
         }else if(e.getSource() == clear){
              num1.setText("");
              num2.setText("");
              result.setText("");
         }
     }
     
     
        public static void main(String []args){
            testNi f = new testNi("This is just a simple test!");
            f.setSize(400,200);
            f.setVisible(true);
        }
     
    }

    the problem here in this code is under in actionPerformed, I have 4 radio buttons. whatever button is selected that will be the operation to be used in my textFields. but the problem is only the addition is working. when im going to change the getState() to getSelectedCheckbox() an error will appear and it says cannot find symbol getSelectedCheckbox. what's wrong with my code?please do help..
    thanks a lot in advance..


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    Default Re: CheckboxGroup problem

    What's a CheckboxGroup?

    db

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    Default Re: CheckboxGroup problem

    an error will appear and it says cannot find symbol getSelectedCheckbox
    Please copy and paste the full text of the error message here.

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    Default Re: CheckboxGroup problem

    Quote Originally Posted by joy_blue03 View Post

    the problem here in this code is under in actionPerformed, I have 4 radio buttons. whatever button is selected that will be the operation to be used in my textFields. but the problem is only the addition is working. when im going to change the getState() to getSelectedCheckbox() an error will appear and it says cannot find symbol getSelectedCheckbox. what's wrong with my code?please do help..
    thanks a lot in advance..
    It sounds dumb, but make sure you included the brackets after getSelectedCheckbox. What I mean is, make sure you typed: getSelectedCheckbox(); instead of getSelectedCheckbox;

    I've made that mistake SO many times, and it usually results in the compiler giving you that error because it is looking for you attempting to reference a variable in the checkbox (or whatever is being referenced) class.

    Thats the first thing I would do.

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    Default Re: CheckboxGroup problem

    @ daryl: its a radio button
    @ norm here's the error when i change to getSelectedCheckbox() :

    C:\Users\Faculty\cs257\src\testNi.java:60: cannot find symbol
    symbol : method getSelectedCheckboxGroup()
    location: class java.awt.Checkbox
    if(r1.getSelectedCheckboxGroup() == true){

    @ aussiemcgr: i think i posted it correctly, try to review..
    < when im going to change the getState() to getSelectedCheckbox() >

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    Default Re: CheckboxGroup problem

    How come the code you've posted doesn't have the code in it the you show in the posted error message?

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    Default Re: CheckboxGroup problem

    Quote Originally Posted by joy_blue03 View Post
    @ daryl: its a radio button
    @ norm here's the error when i change to getSelectedCheckbox() :

    C:\Users\Faculty\cs257\src\testNi.java:60: cannot find symbol
    symbol : method getSelectedCheckboxGroup()
    location: class java.awt.Checkbox
    if(r1.getSelectedCheckboxGroup() == true){

    @ aussiemcgr: i think i posted it correctly, try to review..
    < when im going to change the getState() to getSelectedCheckbox() >
    Ok, how about this. You have the APIs mixed up.

    CheckboxGroup.getSelectedCheckbox() returns a Checkbox
    Checkbox.getState() returns a boolean.

    What you are doing is Checkbox.getSelectedCheckbox() which doesnt exist.
    maybe what you want is:

    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
          double ans=0.0;
     
        if(e.getSource() == submit){
           Checkbox temp = c.getSelectedCheckbox();
           if(temp==r1)
               ans = Double.parseDouble(num1.getText()) + Double.parseDouble(num2.getText());
           else if(temp==r2)
              ans = Double.parseDouble(num1.getText()) - Double.parseDouble(num2.getText());
           else if(temp==r3)
              ans = Double.parseDouble(num1.getText()) * Double.parseDouble(num2.getText());
           else if(temp==r4)
              ans = Double.parseDouble(num1.getText()) / Double.parseDouble(num2.getText());
     
           result.setText("Answer: " + ans);
     
         }else if(e.getSource() == clear){
              num1.setText("");
              num2.setText("");
              result.setText("");
         }
    }

    I noticed you typed: else if(e.getSource() == submit) several times. Keep in mind that if the first if is incorrect, all of these will be skipped as they will ALL have the value false. For what you are trying to do, you only need 2 conditions.

    Also, r2, r3, and r4 were never initialized. That would be why only r1 was working. However it's true you created 3 other Checkboxes, you never assigned them so they just got garbage collected.
    Last edited by aussiemcgr; July 8th, 2010 at 05:32 PM.

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    Default Re: CheckboxGroup problem

    thanks for the help. I already fix the problem.