Thread: Calling a print method from another class (printing array)

Hi there,

I've been stuck on this for a while and have tried everything I can think of. If I have two classes called FirstClass and SecondClass, and the FirstClass contains an array of objects that are objects from the SecondClass. Each object contains two ints and a string.

I'm trying to create a method in the FirstClass that will go through each object in the array and print out the two ints and string held within that object.

Am I correct when thinking I must create a printMethod in the SecondClass, then call on that printMethod from the FirstClass using the array? How do I go about doing this?

I appreciate any help, and thanks

If the printMethod in the FirstClass does everything that needs to be done to print the array, you can call that method from the SecondClass to do the printing.
If you need other things done in the SecondClass, you could have a method there, but I don't see shy from what you have said.

The array is in the FirstClass and the objects it contains were created in the SecondClass?

I got it working I did have to call it from the second class, it was just some simple coding errors. But now I have a new problem. I'm trying to write a method to search my array list for the highest value in it. But objects in the array list have two ints and a string associated with them, so I need to some how make it search for one specific int. For example, search the number array to find which one has the highest 'int2' value.

    public void highestValue()
    {
        int i;
        int index = 0;
        int highest = numbers[0];
        for(i=0; i < numbers.length; i++)
        if(highest < numbers[i]) {
            highest = numbers[i];
            index = i;
        }
        return index;
    }

I know I'm missing the parameters but I'm unable to get it to work with everything I try, also I'm not sure how to make it search that specific integer for each object in the array?

search the number array to find which one has the highest 'int2'

If you have an array of objects and the objects contain more than one value.
Add a method to the object to return the value that you want to compare against.
Then have your search routine ask each object in the array as you look at it for the value to be compared using that method.

Originally Posted by Norm

If you have an array of objects and the objects contain more than one value.
Add a method to the object to return the value that you want to compare against.
Then have your search routine ask each object in the array as you look at it for the value to be compared using that method.

Thanks, but I'm not sure how to create the method that searches the objects in the array for the highest value. I know it will have to start at array object 0, then check if array object 1 is bigger than that, then check if 2 is bigger than 1, etc until the end of the array (similar to what I have above).

I'm stuck but I'll keep trying and reading

how to create the method that searches the objects in the array for the highest value

You would use a loop like you posted in post #3

Originally Posted by Norm

You would use a loop like you posted in post #3

This is what I have just now, the array list is called numbers. The problem is that when I run the method it asks me to enter a value? Am I doing something stupid/not understanding something obvious?

    public void highestValue(int[] numbers)
    {
        int i;
        int index = 0;
        int highest = numbers[0];
        for(i=0; i < numbers.length; i++)
        if(highest < numbers[i]) {
            highest = numbers[i];
            index = i;
        }
    }

when I run the method it asks me to enter a value

I don't see anything in what you posted that asks the user for a value????
numbers is an int array not an ArrayList.
If you change the array to be an array of objects, you would replace the array reference operator: [i]
with a call to a method in the object that would return the value that you are sorting on.
The logic would remain the same, just the source of the values you are comparing would change.