Thread: how to write an if statement which evaluates 3 dialogue boxes

Hi all

Im trying to write a code that has a for loop which iterates through 3 instance variables, the 3 instance variables are each set using a confirm dialogue box so if the user clicks yes they ae set with the value true and if the user clicks no they are set wit the value false. I have done this and it works fine,

however the next step is to display an alert message if less than 2 of the dialogue boxes evaluate to true. I am extremely stuck on this and ive been working on it for hours now. im thinking I will use an if statement but I dont know how to evaluate the 3 instance variables. I know how to work with one but im not even sure if its possible to evaluate 3 and have the condition evaluate to true if less tan 2 of theinstance variables evaluate to true?

I hope someone can help as im really stuck on this now.

just to clarify, what im trying to do is write a loop following these guidelines:

if less than 2 of the dialogue boxes result in true
do something

or it may be possible to do it like this??:

if less than 2 of the instance variables are equal to true
do something

this doesent have to be a loop if there is another way to do it, i just think a loop is the way I need to do it, however as i am a noob to programming I could ofcourse be wrong!

sorry for not adding code but I am currently moving house so have no internet connection for my pc. I am posting these messages via a mobile phone.

Thanks in advance to anyone who attempts to help me

Could you also do this without the array. for exemple by just checking

if ( x==1)
            {
             //do something
            }

etc etc??

also,

how then would you get the dialog boxes to ask a question (to get the true/false)?? where would you store these true false boolean answers?

Am i making sense?

Yes, it can be done without arrays, but you can't compare booleans with integers in Java.

boolean val1 = true;
if (val1 == 1) // Syntax error

However, you will still need 3 variables to put the values in. Copeg chose an array because that's one of the easiest ways to store a list of variables.

There are two main ways to get a dialog box: make it yourself, or use the JOptionPane class.

JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(null,"Do you confirm?");

Note that showConfirmDialog actually returns an integer value, so you have to compare it to the static response values stored in the JOptionPane class:

if (JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(null,"Do you confirm") == JOptionPane.YESOPTION)
{
    // yes selected
}