Absolute noob needs help in referencing and displaying calculations

Question

ok so i went through the tutorials, and decided to bite the bullet and come here. i am brand new to this, and the tutorials just confuse the hell out of me. So, all i want to do is i want to make a simple calculation of a number typed into a textfield, and display the result in a static text field if possible. Also, when i tested my program just to have a look, i couldn't type anything into the textfield. hehe, sorry but a noob is a noob :p
so basically can someone explain to me, or show me in a code sense how to set an object as a variable, such as textfield, and display result in a statictext ^^
cheers

Answer 1

To use a text field (as you put it, "set an object as a variable), you would do something like
{code}JTextField textField = new JTextField();{code}
at least in the graphics API with which I am familiar. Then you can get its data by using its getText() method, perform the calculation, and pass that to the static output textfield, potentially using your output field's setText() method
{code}outputField.setText(result);{code}