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Thread: Convert CHAR to STRING

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    Default Convert CHAR to STRING

    hello to all,
    public class Person
    {
        protected String name;  
        protected String gender;      
        protected int dateOfBirth;
        protected String address;
        protected String natInsceNo;
        protected String phoneNo;
        protected static int counter;//class variable
     
     
    public Person(String nme,String addr, char sex, int howOld, String ins,String phone)
    {
        dateOfBirth = howOld;
        gender = sex;
        name = nme;
        address = addr;
        natInsceNo = ins;
        phoneNo = phone;
        counter++;
    }    
     
    public String getGebder()
    {
    	   if (gender == 'm' || gender == 'M')
    		   return "Male";
    	   else if (gender == 'f' || gender == 'F')
    		   return "Female";
    	   else 
    		   return "Wrong Input";
    }

    on this code, the user insert a char and the programs returns a String
    could you please tell how to make the conversion?
    thank you in advanced!

    the user has to enter a CHAR and get a STRING
    the error is :Incompatible operand types String and char

    Multiple markers at lines

    line 30 - Incompatible operand types String and char
    line 32 - Incompatible operand types String and char

    this is how the eclipse report the errors!


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    Default Re: Convert CHAR to STRING

    You're in luck. Being that a string is of the String class and not a primitive variable, it has it's own methods, one of them being the toString() method. Just input the char as the parameter and it will return a string.

    gender = toString(sex);

    Since gender is a string, and you are trying to give it a char value, you get an error. But when you do what I just wrote, it converts the char sex into a string and fills the value of gender.

    Hope this helps!

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    Default Re: Convert CHAR to STRING

    i did that and the following error :
    The method toString() in the type Object is not applicable for the arguments (char)

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    Default Re: Convert CHAR to STRING

    Quote Originally Posted by fh84 View Post
    i did that and the following error :
    The method toString() in the type Object is not applicable for the arguments (char)
    Oh I'm sorry, I forgot the class.

    gender = Character.toString(sex);

    Now it should work.
    Last edited by Bill_H; October 27th, 2009 at 09:03 PM.

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    Default Re: Convert CHAR to STRING

    Use Java's implicit casting:

    gender = "" + sex;

    I believe you can also explicitly cast to string, but i'm not sure about this one:
    gender = (String) sex;

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    Default Re: Convert CHAR to STRING

    Your problem here is in the declaration of the member called gender.

        protected String gender;

    Change that to be.

        protected char gender;

    // Json

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    Default Re: Convert CHAR to STRING

    no! assignment's specification!

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    Default Re: Convert CHAR to STRING

    hello guys,
    i just tried all the suggested combination and all of them
    came with the following error :
    Incompatible operand types String and char on the following lines

    the error appears both if statements
    public class Person
    {
        protected String name;  
        protected String gender;      //protected attributes are visible in the subclass
        protected int dateOfBirth;
        protected String address;
        protected String natInsceNo;
        protected String phoneNo;
        protected static int counter;//class variable
     
    //Constractor Starts, (returns a new object, may set an object's initial state)
    public Person(String nme,String addr, char sex, int howOld, String ins,String phone)
    {
        dateOfBirth = howOld;
        gender = Character.toString(sex);
        name = nme;
        address = addr;
        natInsceNo = ins;
        phoneNo = phone;
        counter++;
    }    
    //Constractor Ends, (returns a new object, may set an object's initial state)
     
    //Accessor Starts, (Returns info about the state of an object )
     
    public String getGebder()
    {
     
    	   if (gender == 'm' || gender == 'M')
    		   return "Male";
    	   else if (gender == 'f' || gender == 'F')
    		   return "Female";
    	   else 
    		   return "Wrong Input";
    }

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    Default Re: Convert CHAR to STRING

    Ok, in that case, keep the code you have up there using the toString method as such.

    Character.toString(sex);

    And then change your code in the getGebder method to be something like this.

    public String getGebder()
    {
    	   if ("m".equalsIgnoreCase(gender))
    		   return "Male";
    	   else if ("f".equalsIgnoreCase(gender))
    		   return "Female";
    	   else 
    		   return "Wrong Input";
    }

    That should do it.

    // Json

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    it did work thank you so much!!!

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    Default Re: Convert CHAR to STRING

    would

    String word = "" + sex;

    be considered bad code?

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    It technically compiles and does what you want it too. However, I suppose it's something you should probably avoid.

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