Thread: Multiple System.out.println lines to Dialog box.

Hey guys.

I have multiple System.out.println, 7 to be precise. The last 4 are in a if, else if, else statement. How can I put all of this into one dialog box?

Thanks in advanced.

Curtis H.

This is the end of my code. It is for some sort of calculator. The only thing I am struggling with is "outputting it to a dialog box instead of having it output at the bottom of the eclipse screen".

 
		System.out.println("The length of your building (in metres) is: " +length);
		System.out.println("The width of your building (in metres) is: " +width);
		System.out.println("The amount of weight you want to bring (kilograms) is: " +stock_coming);
		System.out.println("The amount of weight you are allowed to have per square metre (kilograms) is: " +stock_allowed);
 
		System.out.println("\nThe area of your building is: " + area + " metres squared" );
		System.out.println("The total weight you can have is: " + enough + " kg");
		System.out.println("The total weight you are trying to deliver is: " +  stock_coming + " kg\n");
 
	    // if else statements
		if 			( stock_coming > enough)
			System.out.println("You would be exceeding your weight allowance!");
 
		else if 	( stock_coming == enough)
		    System.out.println("You have exactly the right amount!");
 
		else 
		    System.out.println("You have more than enough room!");

I would like to output this inside a dialog box instead of it just appearing at the bottom of the screen. I can do the first 7 system.out lines, but I have no idea how to put the "if, else if, else" statement into one of these boxes. Just to clarify I would like it all in one dialog box. the JOptionPane one, with the INFORMATION_MESSAGE icon.

Thanks in advanced

Curtis H.

Have you tried to send the text to a JOptionPane? If so, show us that code. If not, start by thinking that all text currently being sent to the println() methods will instead be sent to a JOptionPane method, and program that. From that thinking and coding experience, you should see that the if/else logic is irrelevant to WHERE or HOW the text is being displayed. It's program logic that decides WHAT is being displayed not HOW or WHERE it is being displayed.

Norm's response helped me understand your question better. If you're constructing the String object from parts before sending it to a JOptionPane method for display, I recommend using an instance of StringBuilder in which to construct the message.

I'm struggling to understand how I put the 7 lines of text (systemout) and the other statements in the same one box. Am I wrong to say if I put JOptionPane for each time I've put System.out, won't it just open multiple boxes, instead of one box with all the information?

Combine all of the Strings into one (using StringBuilder, if you'd like) and output them to the JOptionPane method once. Now struggle with some code.