Thread: Constructors that play at the same time.... ?

Hey.

This problem might be simple but i seem to mess it up anyways.
I have two classes, one main and one fraction class.
They are ment to do different things to fraction.

Main:

public class ourM {
 
	public static void main(String[] args) {
 
		fraction f1 = new fraction(3, 4);
		f1.toString();
		fraction f2 = new fraction(4, 6);
 
	}
 
}

Fraction:

public class fraction {
 
	private int t;
	private int n;
 
	public fraction(int t, int n) {
		this.t = t;
		this.n = n;
		System.out.println("The fraction is : " + this);
	}
 
	public String toString() {
		return new String(t + "/" + n);
	}
 
	public int getNumertor(int n) {
		this.n = n;
		return n;
	}
 
	public int getDenominator(int t) {
		this.t = t;
		return t;
	}
 
	boolean isNegative() {
		if ((getDenominator(t) / getNumertor(n)) < 0) {
			return true;
		}
		return false;
	}
 
}

But when i do something such (toString) i get it twice when i really only want it once because
i only called it once... so i am guessing that there is something that i am missing.

i get it twice

Can you post the output that shows what you are asking about?
Add some comments pointing out the problem and describe what the desired output is.

   f1.toString();

That statement is useless since it doesn't save or print the String that is returned.
Why is it there?

Originally Posted by Norm

Can you post the output that shows what you are asking about?
Add some comments pointing out the problem and describe what the desired output is.

   f1.toString();

That statement is useless since it doesn't save or print the String that is returned.
Why is it there?

That f1.toString does print... but it is just that the code deos it twice.
Thought that when putting other values in the same constructor and with a different call
name then it would only use those numbers.

Will send everything with what i get and what i want to get.

f1.toString does print

Where? The posted code does not use the value returned by that call to the toString method.

Originally Posted by Norm

Where? The posted code does not use the value returned by that call to the toString method.

The code that i posted was just a test code that i made up real quick.
This is the actual assignment.

And here i am get messed up. I can do all the operations but i don't know of how to use more than one fraction without using more than one class...
The teachers said that there would only be a need for a main and another class with many methods that got their values from the constructor.
Aka the constructor should be able to have

"Fraction f1 = new Fraction;"
"Fraction f2 = new Fraction;"
"Fraction f3 = new Fraction;"

And then do, as an example:
"f1.toString"

Exercise 7
Create a class Fraction.java, representing a fractional number of the form N/D, where N (the numerator) and D (the denominator) both are integers. If the denominator is equal to zero, an error message should be printed. The class should include the following members:

A constructor, creating and initializing a new fractional number.
Methods getNumerator and getDenominator, returning the numerator or denominator, respectively.
Method isNegative, returning true if the fractional number is negative.
Methods add, subtract, multiply, divide, performing the corresponding operations on two fractional numbers and returning a new fractional number. It is up to you to decide a proper way of handling the case when one of the fractional numbers have a zero denominator.
isEqualTo, comparing two Fraction-instances, checking if they correspond to the same fractional number.
toString, returning a string representation of the fractional number on the form N/D.

Feel free to add more methods, if you think anything is missing. Suitable argument and return types are up to you to decide.

Your initial classes were mostly correct. But f1.toString() does not print anything. It just returns a String which you failed to capture as a return value.

Regards,
Jim

Originally Posted by jim829

Your initial classes were mostly correct. But f1.toString() does not print anything. It just returns a String which you failed to capture as a return value.

Regards,
Jim

So.. in my case what would that return value be?

The string. Look at your toString method. There are two hints. The first is the return type as specified by the method signature. The second is the actual value that is returned with the return statement.

Regards
Jim