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Thread: JOptionPane and StringBuilder

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    Question JOptionPane and StringBuilder

    I'm using the JOptionPane to display and receive information to/from the user. In addition to this, I am using StringBuilder to receive inputs from the user and then manipulate (append) that input to display the desired output.
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    (JOptionPane): "Enter text"

    (user input): Java is cool!

    (program): *stringBuilder.append(" I love it!")

    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog( );

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    Hopefully you get the idea from this psuedo-like code. The problem is that showMessageDialog(null, string) and not showMessageDialog(string, string). I want to display the enter text: " Java is cool! I love it! " in the JOptionPane. How do I accomplish this, since showMessageDialog only accepts (null, string).


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    Default Re: JOptionPane and StringBuilder

    problem is that showMessageDialog(null, string) and not showMessageDialog(string, string)
    Why can't you use the version that works with a single String? What is the reason you think you need two Strings?
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    Default Re: JOptionPane and StringBuilder

    If I want to show the first text "Java is cool!" using JOptionPane, then append.("I love it!) to the text, "Java is cool!" does not appear. So I assumed I needed to use (string, stringBuilder.toString() ) instead of (null, stringBuilder.toString() )

    public class builderMain {
     
    	public static void main(String[] args) {
    		String hello = JOptionPane.showInputDialog( null, "Enter Text" , "String Builder", JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
    		JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, hello, "String Builder", JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
     
    		StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();
     
    		//stringBuilder.append("");
    		stringBuilder.append( " I love it!" );
    		stringBuilder.capacity();
     
    		JOptionPane.showMessageDialog( null, stringBuilder.toString() , "String Builder", JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
     
    		String yes =JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Enter the string ' Yes, '");
    		stringBuilder.insert(16, yes);
    		JOptionPane.showMessageDialog( null, stringBuilder.toString() , "String Builder", JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);

    Why does " Java is cool! " not remain in the stringBuilder when I compile? It says, "I love Yes, it!"
    Last edited by javaStooge; March 6th, 2014 at 10:29 PM.

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    Default Re: JOptionPane and StringBuilder

    I don't see where the code is appending the String: "I love it!" to the String: "Java is cool!"?
    Either use the + operator to concatenate the two Strings
    or put them both into StringBuilder and use its toString() method to get the String with them both in it.
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    I see where my error is... StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder(hello);

    I didn't assign an initial value (hello) in the constructor...

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