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Thread: Problem with scope, please help!

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    Default Problem with scope, please help!

    I have this program with a fairly modest goal: There's a text field, and a set of keywords. Everytime the user types in the text field, my TestListener triggers and if the text in the field matches one of the predefined keywords, a new button needs to appear in a GridLayout that I've set up below the text field.

    However, my issue is that in the context of the program I've written, I can't tell how to add a button to my grid once a keyword is found. Specifically, please have a look at the createAndShowGUI method, and the "keywords" method.

    import java.awt.*;
    import java.awt.event.*;
     
    import javax.swing.*;
    import javax.swing.event.*;
    import javax.swing.text.*;
     
    import java.beans.PropertyChangeListener;
    import java.beans.PropertyChangeEvent;
     
    import java.text.*;
     
     
    public class RecognizeText extends JPanel
                                        implements TextListener {
     
        private TextField textField;
     
        public RecognizeText() {
            super(new BorderLayout());
     
            textField = new TextField(30);
            textField.addTextListener(this);
     
            JPanel labelPane = new JPanel(new FlowLayout());
            labelPane.add(textField);
     
            add(labelPane, BorderLayout.NORTH);
     
        }
     
        public void textValueChanged(TextEvent e) {
     
            String currentText = textField.getText().toString();
     
            if (keywords(currentText)) {
                playSound(currentText + ".wav");
                textField.setText("");
            }
        }
     
        public static void createAndShowGUI() {
            JFrame frame = new JFrame("Austin's Program");
            frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
     
            // This 5x5 panel will store the buttons I intend to add.
            JPanel wordPanel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(5,5));
     
            frame.add(new RecognizeText(), BorderLayout.NORTH);
            frame.add(wordPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
     
            frame.setSize(new Dimension(600,600));
            frame.setVisible(true);
     
        }
     
        public boolean keywords(String toCheck) {
            if (toCheck.equals("one")) {
     
                //THIS IS WHERE I DONT KNOW WHAT TO PUT
     
                return true;
            } 
            if (toCheck.equals("two")) {
                return true;
            } 
            if (toCheck.equals("three")) {
                return true;
            } 
            return false;
        }
     
        // You can ignore this method entirely. It's unrelated to the issue.
        public static void playSound(String filename) {
            new PlaySound("Sounds/" + filename).start();
        }
     
        public static void main(String[] args) {
            createAndShowGUI();
        }
    }

    I'm also interested in being able to add Action listeners to these buttons, however I'm fairly confident I can work that part out myself once I learn how to do this!


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    Default Re: Problem with scope, please help!

    //THIS IS WHERE I DONT KNOW WHAT TO PUT
    What do you want done at that location?

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    Default Re: Problem with scope, please help!

    Quote Originally Posted by Norm View Post
    What do you want done at that location?
    Good point. My explanation was a bit vague. At that spot, I need something like:

    wordPanel.add(new JButton(toCheck));

    But that's out of scope. So how can I accomplish that action?

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    Default Re: Problem with scope, please help!

    Move the variable into scope or make a copy of it that is in scope.

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    Default Re: Problem with scope, please help!

    Quote Originally Posted by Norm View Post
    Move the variable into scope or make a copy of it that is in scope.
    I have no idea how I might accomplish either of those :/

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    Where is the variable defined that is out of scope? Is it defined local to a method?
    Move it out of the method to the class level.

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