Converting a String to an Int

Question

Hi,
I am having trouble coding my programming. I need to compare two teams scores, and I believe to do this I have to convert the team name to an int. I am having problems with this.
Any Help Please
Thanks

Answer 1

I'm going to assume that reading the information out of the file is already done so we'll press on with the rest of it.
There's the cheap and easy solution
1. Read the values from the row in the file into four variables
String homeTeamName
int homeTeamScore
String visitingTeamName
int visitingTeamScore
if(homeTeamScore > visitingTeamScore){
    // Deal with the home team winning
else if(homeTeamScore < visitingTeamScore){
    // Deal with the visiting team winning
else{
    // Deal with a tie
}No rocket science involved.
Now, then there's a more tidy and graceful way to do it.
The Team class holds information relevant to the team
public class Team
    private String teamName ;
    private boolean homeTeam ;
    private int score ;
    // Don't forget accessors and mutators
}The Game class holds among other things two instances of the Team class and a method to determine who won.
public class Game
    private Team home ;
    private Team visitor ;
    // Probably lots of other stuff but here's the relevant part
    public Team getWinner() throws TieScoreException
        if(home.getScore() == visitor.getScore())
            throw new TieScoreException() ;
        else if(home.getScore() > visitor.getScore())
            return home ;
        else
            return visitor ;
}Now obviously there would be a lot more to do but this gives you A framework in which to think. I likely wouldn't model it exactly this way but it's the first arrangement that my brain spat up and it gives you something to think about.
Hope this helps,
PS.