Chapter 2 Primitive Data Types and Operations

Chapter 2 Primitive Data Types and Operations
Liang, Introduction to Java Programming, Seventh Edition, (c) 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 0136012671
Motivations
In the preceding chapter, you learned how to create, compile, and run a Java program. Starting from this chapter, you will learn how to solve practical problems programmatically. Through these problems, you will learn Java primitive data types and related subjects, such as variables, constants, data types, operators, expressions, and input and output.
Objectives
To write Java programs to perform simple calculations (2.2). To use identifiers to name variables, constants, methods, and classes (2.3). To use variables to store data (2.4-2.5). To program with assignment statements and assignment expressions (2.5). To use constants to store permanent data (2.6). To declare Java primitive data types: byte, short, int, long, float, double, and char (2.7 2.9). To use Java operators to write numeric expressions (2.72.8). To represent characters using the char type (2.9). To represent a string using the String type (2.10). To obtain input from the console using the Scanner class (2.11-2.12). To become familiar with Java documentation, programming style, and naming conventions (2.13). To distinguish syntax errors, runtime errors, and logic errors (2.14). To debug logic errors (2.15). (GUI) To obtain input using the JOptionPane input dialog boxes (2.16).
Introducing Programming with an Example

Listing 2.1 Computing the Area of a Circle This program computes the area of the circle.
ComputeArea IMPORTANT NOTE: To enable the buttons, you must Run
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Trace a Program Execution

public class ComputeArea { /** Main method */ public static void main(String[] args) { double radius; double area; // Assign a radius radius = 20; // Compute area area = radius * radius * 3.14159; // Display results System.out.println("The area for the circle of radius " + radius + " is " + area); } } allocate memory for radius radius no value
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public class ComputeArea { /** Main method */ public static void main(String[] args) { double radius; double area; // Assign a radius radius = 20; // Compute area area = radius * radius * 3.14159; // Display results System.out.println("The area for the circle of radius " + radius + " is " + area); } } memory radius area no value no value
allocate memory for area
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public class ComputeArea { /** Main method */ public static void main(String[] args) { double radius; double area; // Assign a radius radius = 20; // Compute area area = radius * radius * 3.14159; // Display results System.out.println("The area for the circle of radius " + radius + " is " + area); } } assign 20 to radius radius area 20 no value
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public class ComputeArea { /** Main method */ public static void main(String[] args) { double radius; double area; // Assign a radius radius = 20; // Compute area area = radius * radius * 3.14159; // Display results System.out.println("The area for the circle of radius " + radius + " is " + area); } } compute area and assign it to variable area memory radius area
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public class ComputeArea { /** Main method */ public static void main(String[] args) { double radius; double area; // Assign a radius radius = 20; // Compute area area = radius * radius * 3.14159; // Display results System.out.println("The area for the circle of radius " + radius + " is " + area); } } memory radius area 20 1256.636
print a message to the console
Identifiers
An identifier is a sequence of characters that consist of letters, digits, underscores (_), and dollar signs ($). An identifier must start with a letter, an underscore (_), or a dollar sign ($). It cannot start with a digit.
An identifier cannot be a reserved word. (See Appendix A, Java Keywords, for a list of reserved words).
An identifier cannot be true, false, or null. An identifier can be of any length.
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Variables
// Compute the first area radius = 1.0; area = radius * radius * 3.14159; System.out.println("The area is + area + " for radius "+radius); // Compute the second area radius = 2.0; area = radius * radius * 3.14159; System.out.println("The area is + area + " for radius "+radius);
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Declaring Variables
int x; // Declare x to be an // integer variable;
double radius; // Declare radius to // be a double variable; char a; // Declare a to be a // character variable;
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Assignment Statements
x = 1; radius = 1.0; a = 'A'; // Assign 1 to x; // Assign 1.0 to radius; // Assign 'A' to a;
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Declaring and Initializing in One Step

int x = 1; double d = 1.4;
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Constants
final datatype CONSTANTNAME = VALUE; final double PI = 3.14159; final int SIZE = 3;
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Numerical Data Types

Name byte short int long Range 27 (-128) to 271 (127) 215 (-32768) to 2151 (32767) Storage Size 8-bit signed 16-bit signed
231 (-2147483648) to 2311 (2147483647) 32-bit signed 263 to 2631 (i.e., -9223372036854775808 to 9223372036854775807) Negative range: -3.4028235E+38 to -1.4E-45 Positive range: 1.4E-45 to 3.4028235E+38 Negative range: -1.7976931348623157E+308 to -4.9E-324 Positive range: 4.9E-324 to 1.7976931348623157E+308 64-bit signed
float
32-bit IEEE 754
double
64-bit IEEE 754
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TIP
An excellent tool to demonstrate how numbers are stored in a computer was developed by Richard Rasala. You can access it at
http://www.ccs.neu.edu/jpt/jpt_2_3/bitdisplay/applet.htm
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Numeric Operators
Name + * / % Meaning Addition Subtraction Multiplication Division Remainder Example 34 + 1 34.0 0.1 300 * 30 1.0 / 2.0 20 % 3 Result 35 33.9 9000 0.5 2
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Integer Division
+, -, *, /, and %
5 / 2 yields an integer 2. 5.0 / 2 yields a double value 2.5
5 % 2 yields 1 (the remainder of the division)
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Remainder Operator
Remainder is very useful in programming. For example, an even number % 2 is always 0 and an odd number % 2 is always 1. So you can use this property to determine whether a number is even or odd. Suppose today is Saturday and you and your
friends are going to meet in 10 days. What day is in 10 days? You can find that day is Tuesday using the following expression:
Saturday is the 6th day in a week A week has 7 days (6 + 10) % 7 is 2 After 10 days The 2nd day in a week is Tuesday
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Problem: Displaying Time

Write a program that obtains hours and minutes from seconds.
DisplayTime
Run
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NOTE
Calculations involving floating-point numbers are approximated because these numbers are not stored with complete accuracy. For example, System.out.println(1.0 - 0.1 - 0.1 - 0.1 - 0.1 - 0.1); displays 0.5000000000000001, not 0.5, and System.out.println(1.0 - 0.9); displays 0.09999999999999998, not 0.1. Integers are stored precisely. Therefore, calculations with integers yield a precise integer result.
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Number Literals
A literal is a constant value that appears directly in the program. For example, 34, 1,000,000, and 5.0 are literals in the following statements: int i = 34; long x = 1000000; double d = 5.0;
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Integer Literals
An integer literal can be assigned to an integer variable as long as it can fit into the variable. A compilation error would occur if the literal were too large for the variable to hold. For example, the statement byte b = 1000 would cause a compilation error, because 1000 cannot be stored in a variable of the byte type. An integer literal is assumed to be of the int type, whose value is between -231 (-2147483648) to 2311 (2147483647). To denote an integer literal of the long type, append it with the letter L or l. L is preferred because l (lowercase L) can easily be confused with 1 (the digit one).
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Floating-Point Literals
Floating-point literals are written with a decimal point. By default, a floating-point literal is treated as a double type value. For example, 5.0 is considered a double value, not a float value. You can make a number a float by appending the letter f or F, and make a number a double by appending the letter d or D. For example, you can use 100.2f or 100.2F for a float number, and 100.2d or 100.2D for a double number.
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Scientific Notation
Floating-point literals can also be specified in scientific notation, for example, 1.23456e+2, same as 1.23456e2, is equivalent to 123.456, and 1.23456e-2 is equivalent to 0.0123456. E (or e) represents an exponent and it can be either in lowercase or uppercase.
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Arithmetic Expressions
3 4 x 10( y 5)( a b c ) 4 9 x 9( ) 5 x x y
is translated to
(3+4*x)/5 10*(y-5)*(a+b+c)/x + 9*(4/x + (9+x)/y)
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How to Evaluate an Expression

Though Java has its own way to evaluate an expression behind the scene, the result of a Java expression and its corresponding arithmetic expression are the same. Therefore, you can safely apply the arithmetic rule for evaluating a Java expression.
3 + 4 * 4 + 5 * (4 + 3) - 1 3 + 4 * 4 + 5 * 7 1 3 + 16 + 5 * 7 1 (3) multiplication 3 + 16 + 35 1 (4) addition 19 + 35 1 54 - 1 53
(1) inside parentheses first (2) multiplication
(5) addition (6) subtraction
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Problem: Converting Temperatures

Write a program that converts a Fahrenheit degree to Celsius using the formula:
5 celsius ! ( 9 )( fahrenheit 32)
FahrenheitToCelsius
Run
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Shortcut Assignment Operators

Operator Example
+= -= *= /= %= i += 8 f -= 8.0 i *= 8 i /= 8 i %= 8
Equivalent
i = i + 8 f = f - 8.0 i = i * 8 i = i / 8 i = i % 8
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Increment and Decrement Operators

Operator ++var var++ --var var-Name preincrement postincrement predecrement postdecrement Description The expression (++var) increments var by 1 and evaluates to the new value in var after the increment. The expression (var++) evaluates to the original value in var and increments var by 1. The expression (--var) decrements var by 1 and evaluates to the new value in var after the decrement. The expression (var--) evaluates to the original value in var and decrements var by 1.
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Increment and Decrement Operators, cont.

int i = 10; int newNum = 10 * i++;
Same effect as
int newNum = 10 * i; i = i + 1;
int i = 10; int newNum = 10 * (++i);
Same effect as
i = i + 1; int newNum = 10 * i;
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Increment and Decrement Operators, cont.

Using increment and decrement operators makes expressions short, but it also makes them complex and difficult to read. Avoid using these operators in expressions that modify multiple variables, or the same variable for multiple times such as this: int k = ++i + i.
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Assignment Expressions and Assignment Statements

Prior to Java 2, all the expressions can be used as statements. Since Java 2, only the following types of expressions can be statements: variable op= expression; // Where op is +, -, *, /, or % ++variable; variable++; --variable; variable--;
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Numeric Type Conversion

Consider the following statements:
byte i = 100; long k = i * 3 + 4; double d = i * 3.1 + k / 2;
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Conversion Rules
When performing a binary operation involving two operands of different types, Java automatically converts the operand based on the following rules: 1. If one of the operands is double, the other is converted into double. 2. Otherwise, if one of the operands is float, the other is converted into float. 3. Otherwise, if one of the operands is long, the other is converted into long. 4. Otherwise, both operands are converted into int.
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Type Casting
Implicit casting double d = 3; (type widening) Explicit casting int i = (int)3.0; (type narrowing) int i = (int)3.9; (Fraction part is truncated) What is wrong? int x = 5 / 2.0;
range increases byte, short, int, long, float, double
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Problem: Keeping Two Digits After Decimal Points

Write a program that displays the sales tax with two digits after the decimal point.
SalesTax
Run
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Character Data Type

char letter = 'A'; (ASCII) char numChar = '4'; (ASCII)
Four hexadecimal digits.
char letter = '\u0041'; (Unicode) char numChar = '\u0034'; (Unicode)

NOTE: The increment and decrement operators can also be used on char variables to get the next or preceding Unicode character. For example, the following statements display character b. char ch = 'a'; System.out.println(++ch);
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Unicode Format
Java characters use Unicode, a 16-bit encoding scheme established by the Unicode Consortium to support the interchange, processing, and display of written texts in the worlds diverse languages. Unicode takes two bytes, preceded by \u, expressed in four hexadecimal numbers that run from '\u0000' to '\uFFFF'. So, Unicode can represent 65535 + 1 characters.
Unicode \u03b1 \u03b2 \u03b3 for three Greek letters
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Problem: Displaying Unicodes

Write a program that displays two Chinese characters and three Greek letters.
DisplayUnicode
Run
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Escape Sequences for Special Characters

Description Backspace Tab Linefeed Escape Sequence
\b \t \n
Unicode
\u0008 \u0009 \u000A \u000D \u005C \u0027 \u0022
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Carriage return \r Backslash Single Quote Double Quote

\\ \' \"
Appendix B: ASCII Character Set

ASCII Character Set is a subset of the Unicode from \u0000 to \u007f
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ASCII Character Set, cont.

ASCII Character Set is a subset of the Unicode from \u0000 to \u007f
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Casting between char and Numeric Types

int i = 'a'; // Same as int i = (int)'a';
char c = 97; // Same as char c = (char)97;
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The String Type

The char type only represents one character. To represent a string of characters, use the data type called String. For example, String message = "Welcome to Java"; String is actually a predefined class in the Java library just like the System class and JOptionPane class. The String type is not a primitive type. It is known as a reference type. Any Java class can be used as a reference type for a variable. Reference data types will be thoroughly discussed in Chapter 7, Objects and Classes. For the time being, you just need to know how to declare a String variable, how to assign a string to the variable, and how to concatenate strings.
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String Concatenation
// Three strings are concatenated String message = "Welcome " + "to " + "Java"; // String Chapter is concatenated with number 2 String s = "Chapter" + 2; // s becomes Chapter2 // String Supplement is concatenated with character B String s1 = "Supplement" + 'B'; // s becomes SupplementB
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Obtaining Input
This book provides two ways of obtaining input.
1. 2.
Using JOptionPane input dialogs (2.11) Using the JDK 1.5 Scanner class (2.16)
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Getting Input Using Scanner

1. Create a Scanner object
Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
2. Use the methods next(), nextByte(), nextShort(), nextInt(), nextLong(), nextFloat(), nextDouble(), or nextBoolean() to obtain to a string, byte, short, int, long, float, double, or boolean value. For example,
System.out.print("Enter a double value: "); Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in); double d = scanner.nextDouble(); TestScanner
Run
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Problem: Computing Loan Payments

This program lets the user enter the interest rate, number of years, and loan amount and computes monthly payment and total payment.
loanAmount v monthlyInterestRate 1 1 numberOfYearsv12 (1 monthlyInterestRate)

ComputeLoan Run
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Problem: Monetary Units

This program lets the user enter the amount in decimal representing dollars and cents and output a report listing the monetary equivalent in single dollars, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies. Your program should report maximum number of dollars, then the maximum number of quarters, and so on, in this order.
ComputeChange
Run
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Trace ComputeChange
Suppose amount is 11.56
int remainingAmount = (int)(amount * 100); // Find the number of one dollars int numberOfOneDollars = remainingAmount / 100; remainingAmount = remainingAmount % 100; // Find the number of quarters in the remaining amount int numberOfQuarters = remainingAmount / 25; remainingAmount = remainingAmount % 25; // Find the number of dimes in the remaining amount int numberOfDimes = remainingAmount / 10; remainingAmount = remainingAmount % 10; // Find the number of nickels in the remaining amount int numberOfNickels = remainingAmount / 5; remainingAmount = remainingAmount % 5; // Find the number of pennies in the remaining amount int numberOfPennies = remainingAmount;
remainingAmount
1156
remainingAmount initialized
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animation
Trace ComputeChange
remainingAmount numberOfOneDollars
1156 11
numberOfOneDollars assigned
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animation
Trace ComputeChange
56 11
remainingAmount updated
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animation
Trace ComputeChange
56 11
numberOfOneQuarters
numberOfOneQuarters assigned
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animation
Trace ComputeChange
6 11
numberOfQuarters
remainingAmount updated
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Problem: Displaying Current Time

Write a program that displays current time in GMT in the format hour:minute:second such as 1:45:19. The currentTimeMillis method in the System class returns the current time in milliseconds since the midnight, January 1, 1970 GMT. (1970 was the year when the Unix operating system was formally introduced.) You can use this method to obtain the current time, and then compute the current second, minute, and hour as follows.
Elapsed time Time Unix Epoch 01-01-1970 00:00:00 GMT Current Time System.CurrentTimeMills()
ShowCurrentTime Run
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Programming Style and Documentation

Appropriate Comments Naming Conventions Proper Indentation and Spacing Lines Block Styles
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Appropriate Comments
Include a summary at the beginning of the program to explain what the program does, its key features, its supporting data structures, and any unique techniques it uses. Include your name, class section, instructor, date, and a brief description at the beginning of the program.
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Naming Conventions
Choose meaningful and descriptive names. Variables and method names:
Use lowercase. If the name consists of several words, concatenate all in one, use lowercase for the first word, and capitalize the first letter of each subsequent word in the name. For example, the variables radius and area, and the method computeArea.
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Naming Conventions, cont.

Class names:
Capitalize the first letter of each word in the name. For example, the class name ComputeArea.
Constants:
Capitalize all letters in constants, and use underscores to connect words. For example, the constant PI and MAX_VALUE
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Proper Indentation and Spacing

Indentation
Indent two spaces.
Spacing
Use blank line to separate segments of the code.
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Block Styles
Use end-of-line style for braces.
Next-line style
public class Test { public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println("Block Styles"); } }
End-of-line style
public class Test { public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println("Block Styles"); } }
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Programming Errors
Syntax Errors
Detected by the compiler
Runtime Errors
Causes the program to abort
Logic Errors
Produces incorrect result
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Syntax Errors
public class ShowSyntaxErrors { public static void main(String[] args) { i = 30; System.out.println(i + 4); } }
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Runtime Errors
public class ShowRuntimeErrors { public static void main(String[] args) { int i = 1 / 0; } }
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Logic Errors
public class ShowLogicErrors { // Determine if a number is between 1 and 100 inclusively public static void main(String[] args) { // Prompt the user to enter a number String input = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Please enter an integer:", "ShowLogicErrors", JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE); int number = Integer.parseInt(input); // Display the result System.out.println("The number is between 1 and 100, " + "inclusively? " + ((1 < number) && (number < 100))); System.exit(0); } }
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Debugging
Logic errors are called bugs. The process of finding and correcting errors is called debugging. A common approach to debugging is to use a combination of methods to narrow down to the part of the program where the bug is located. You can hand-trace the program (i.e., catch errors by reading the program), or you can insert print statements in order to show the values of the variables or the execution flow of the program. This approach might work for a short, simple program. But for a large, complex program, the most effective approach for debugging is to use a debugger utility.
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Debugger
Debugger is a program that facilitates debugging. You can use a debugger to Execute a single statement at a time. Trace into or stepping over a method. Set breakpoints. Display variables. Display call stack. Modify variables.
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Getting Input from Input Dialog Boxes

String input = JOptionPane.showInputDialog( "Enter an input");
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Getting Input from Input Dialog Boxes

String string = JOptionPane.showInputDialog( null, Prompting Message, Dialog Title, JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE);
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Two Ways to Invoke the Method

There are several ways to use the showInputDialog method. For the time being, you only need to know two ways to invoke it. One is to use a statement as shown in the example:
String string = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, x, y, JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE);
where x is a string for the prompting message, and y is a string for the title of the input dialog box. The other is to use a statement like this:
JOptionPane.showInputDialog(x);
where x is a string for the prompting message.

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Converting Strings to Integers

The input returned from the input dialog box is a string. If you enter a numeric value such as 123, it returns 123. To obtain the input as a number, you have to convert a string into a number. To convert a string into an int value, you can use the static parseInt method in the Integer class as follows: int intValue = Integer.parseInt(intString); where intString is a numeric string such as 123.
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Converting Strings to Doubles

To convert a string into a double value, you can use the static parseDouble method in the Double class as follows: double doubleValue =Double.parseDouble(doubleString); where doubleString is a numeric string such as 123.45.
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Problem: Computing Loan Payments Using Input Dialogs

Same as the preceding program for computing loan payments, except that the input is entered from the input dialogs and the output is displayed in an output dialog.
loanAmount v monthlyInterestRate 1 1 numberOfYearsv12 (1 monthlyInterestRate)

ComputeLoanUsingInputDialog
Run
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Companion Website
Debugging in NetBeans
Supplement II.E, Learning Java Effectively with NetBeans
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Companion Website
Debugging in Eclipse
Supplement II.G, Learning Java Effectively with NetBeans
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Introducing Programming with an Example

Trace a Program Execution

Trace a Program Execution

allocate memory for area

Trace a Program Execution

Trace a Program Execution

Trace a Program Execution

print a message to the console

An identifier cannot be true, false, or null. An identifier can be of any length.

Declaring and Initializing in One Step

Numerical Data Types

32-bit IEEE 754

64-bit IEEE 754

5 / 2 yields an integer 2. 5.0 / 2 yields a double value 2.5

5 % 2 yields 1 (the remainder of the division)

Problem: Displaying Time

(3+4*x)/5 10*(y-5)*(a+b+c)/x + 9*(4/x + (9+x)/y)

How to Evaluate an Expression

(1) inside parentheses first (2) multiplication

(5) addition (6) subtraction

Problem: Converting Temperatures

Shortcut Assignment Operators

Increment and Decrement Operators

Increment and Decrement Operators, cont.

int i = 10; int newNum = 10 * (++i);

Increment and Decrement Operators, cont.

Assignment Expressions and Assignment Statements

Numeric Type Conversion

Problem: Keeping Two Digits After Decimal Points

Character Data Type

char letter = '\u0041'; (Unicode) char numChar = '\u0034'; (Unicode)

Problem: Displaying Unicodes

Escape Sequences for Special Characters

Carriage return \r Backslash Single Quote Double Quote

Appendix B: ASCII Character Set

ASCII Character Set, cont.

Casting between char and Numeric Types

char c = 97; // Same as char c = (char)97;

The String Type

Getting Input Using Scanner

Problem: Computing Loan Payments

loanAmount v monthlyInterestRate 1 1 numberOfYearsv12 (1  monthlyInterestRate)

Problem: Monetary Units

Problem: Displaying Current Time

Programming Style and Documentation

Naming Conventions, cont.

Proper Indentation and Spacing

Getting Input from Input Dialog Boxes

Getting Input from Input Dialog Boxes

Two Ways to Invoke the Method

where x is a string for the prompting message.

Converting Strings to Integers

Converting Strings to Doubles

Problem: Computing Loan Payments Using Input Dialogs

loanAmount v monthlyInterestRate 1 1 numberOfYearsv12 (1  monthlyInterestRate)

Supplement II.E, Learning Java Effectively with NetBeans

Supplement II.G, Learning Java Effectively with NetBeans

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