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Thread: Declared variables not carrying over

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    Default Declared variables not carrying over

    Hello,
    I have in one class a JFrame declared like this:
    public class copyPastePopup extends JFrame {
     
    	JTextField cpText;
    	String text;
     
    	public copyPastePopup(String heading, String inputText) {
    		inputText = text;
    with other code following it. I then have that frame called like this:
    copyPastePopup popup = new copyPastePopup("Encoded Message",finalMessage);
    where finalMessage is a string. However, when I run the program, the JFrame sees the variables as null even though they have a string fed to them.
    Any Idea whats going on?

    evanscott815


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    Default Re: Declared variables not carrying over

    First off, I'd recommend using the standard naming conventions- classes start with an upper-case letter, methods and variables start with a lower-case letter. Seems trivial but it makes code a lot easier to read.

    But think about what you're doing: you take inputText as a parameter. You then throw away whatever the value is and set it equal to text, which hasn't been set to anything yet. Is that really what you want to do?
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    Default Re: Declared variables not carrying over

    Yes, since text is a class-wide variable. I use it in other functions in that class.
    However, even when I check the value of inputText, it is still null.
    Personally, I like to use the nocaps-Caps format for names.
    Last edited by evanscott815; October 4th, 2012 at 10:48 AM.

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    Default Re: Declared variables not carrying over

    Quote Originally Posted by evanscott815 View Post
    Yes, since text is a class-wide variable. I use it in other functions in that class.
    That part is fine.

    Quote Originally Posted by evanscott815 View Post
    However, even when I check the value of inputText, it is still null.
    That's because you're setting it equal to text, which hasn't been set yet, so it's null. It's like if you do this:
    int x = 0;
    int y = 7;
    y = x;
    ...and then ask why y isn't equal to 7.

    Quote Originally Posted by evanscott815 View Post
    Personally, I like to use the nocaps-Caps format for names.
    For your own purposes I suppose that's fine, but you're asking other people to read your code. Using non-standard naming conventions screams at more experienced developers, making it harder to actually see what's going on in your code. Shouldn't you make it as easy as possible to help you?
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    Default Re: Declared variables not carrying over

    Yeah, I get it. I will go through and rename my classes.
    How do you suggest I set text equal to inputText?

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    Quote Originally Posted by evanscott815 View Post
    How do you suggest I set text equal to inputText?
    Well, you just said it. Right now you're setting inputText equal to text. It sounds like you might want to go the other way around?
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    Ohhh... *facepalms*
    That helps!
    Thank you!

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