Reg: ArrayList
Hi All,
I have a ArrayList in my application and some objects are added to that arraylist for ex: "arr.add("document");
I am unable to understand the concept of this arraylist. What type of attributes can be added to arraylist.
Thanks in advance.
Hi Bharath,
Check this:
<a href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/util/ArrayList.html">http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/util/ArrayList.html</a>
regards
Sumit
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ThanksThis would be a lot easier if you created a class to encapsulate those three data members, then created a list of those objects. The class could have three variables, name, stock, and value. Then it's easy to write a method to add or subract to the stock of a particular item, and you don't have to worry about modifying the wrong element in the list, casting elements to the right type (String, int, float, etc).
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* Main2.java
* Created on 09 February 2007, 14:40
* To change this template, choose Tools | Template Manager
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Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: Index: 1, Size: 0
at java.util.ArrayList.add(ArrayList.java:367)
at testing.Main2.readCards(Main2.java:60)
at testing.Main2.<init>(Main2.java:36)
at testing.Main2.main(Main2.java:71)
I search for it on the net, it say it has a bug and it was version 1.2 and I am using the new version of JDK 1.6.
Any idea what is going wrong.D'OH!!
You can't add an element at a specific index unless
there is already something at that index ? WTF? This
is strange behavior, What is even odder is that you can expand by one with "add", just not greater than that.
ArrayList<Integer> thingies = new ArrayList<Integer>(10);
for(int i = 0; i< 10; i++ ) {
thingies.add( i, i );
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ArrayList<Integer> thingies = new ArrayList<Integer>(10);
for(int i = 9; i>0; i-- ) {
thingies.add( i, i );
System.out.println( thingies );does not.
even though I will say that
there are other classes you could use instead. Try a
HashMap<Integer,String> Or if the size is fixed, use an array. -
Hi,
I'm trying to read a CSV text file into an arraylist.
I can read the text file fine, its just when it gets to the actual arraylist.add() part it just .. .. doesn't work. It can print the values from the CSV file no problem. I'm sure my syntax is fine, everything compiles. I've read it and double checked it and checked it again.
It just doesn't work .. I don't know why.
The arraylist I am trying to read into is
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* READING THE CUSTOMER TEXT FILE INTO THE ARRAY LIST
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System.out.println(cidNum + " Hello I am a stupid piece of code. I don't like to work properly");
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}Cowzor wrote:
Hi,
Cheers for the replies & the printStackTrace tip.
The thing is it's not actually throwing up any errors or crashing. It's acting as if everything is AOK - but since it then says there's nothig in the arraylist there must be a problem ... somewhere.
Sorry if I've mis-understood what you were saying
Here's the dummy data I'm using just incase it's at all relevant
200701,Jims Mowing,16 Long Grass Street,Thorndale,123-4567,[email protected]
200702,Chevy Racers,2 Raceway Drive,Boganville,123-4567,[email protected]
200703,Renta Dent,82 Airport Oaks Road,Airport Oaks,123-4567,[email protected]
200704,Discount Taxis,8 Poor Place,Otara,123-4567,[email protected]
u split contains of CSV file on basis of , (comma) and read it -
Hi!
I need a little help getting an ArrayList to work. I am refactoring some of the classes in one of the O'Reilly books for a class assignment. I believe that I cannot get my ArrayList to add elements into itself. I'm not quite sure what I'm doing wrong. I'll post the code below. The problem arises in the last part of the code (at least I think it does) where i can't get my variable "size" (see the "for loop" below) to be resolved. I have tried initializing the variable at the beginning of the entire class in which case I can get the file to compile to a class. But when I run the class, I still get an ArrayOutOfBounds exception letting me know that my array is still initialized to 1 when i believe that and my index is a larger number (the number I input into the console). the message I get from the command line is:
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Error:
java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: -1
at java.util.ArrayList.get(ArrayList.java:326)
at MyFactorial.computeFactorialCacheB(MyFactorial.java:115) // this would be the second line of the "for" loop
at MyFactorial.main(MyFactorial.java:134)
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Here is my code
public static synchronized BigInteger computeFactorialCacheB(String s) {
private static int size;
ArrayList table = new ArrayList();
table.add(BigInteger.valueOf(1));
int x = 0;
try {
x = Integer.parseInt(s);
catch (NumberFormatException e) {
System.out.println("the number you enter must be an integer");
if (x<0) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("x must not be a negative number");
else {
for(int size = table.size(); size <= x; size++);{
BigInteger lastfact = (BigInteger)table.get(size-1);
BigInteger nextfact = lastfact.multiply(BigInteger.valueOf(size));
table.add(nextfact);
return (BigInteger) table.get(size-1);
}Thanks for your reply.
As I said in my original posting, I am refactoring code from one of the O'Reilly books for an assignment. So no, this isn't all my code, just some of it (copyright is duly noted in my assignment).
The semicolon was a great cach (thanks!) I truly didn't see it. The issue of the "size" variable is what I am trying to solve. When I originally entered the code int my IDE (eclipse) the first declaration of int size inside the for loop was OK but subsequent references to it (still in the for loop) wouldn't resolve.
for(int size = table.size(); size <= x; size++){
BigInteger lastfact = (BigInteger)table.get(size-1);
BigInteger nextfact = lastfact.multiply(BigInteger.valueOf(size));
table.add(nextfact);Hence the experimentation with the "size" variable. The use of the ArrayList was one of the parameters of the assignment. I see what you mean by creating a new list each time. The purpose of the method is to return a factorial (n!) using a BigInteger. This loop is pretty much just as it came out of O'rilley. It seems to work fine in their rendition (I guess that's why they get to write books).
Tanks so much for your help. I'll refactor again and repost (probably tomorrow).
� regards! -
private double[] findAverageFace(ResultSet rs, int rows){
String path;
Scanner scanner;
int picn = 0;
double[] avgFace = new double[rows * rows];
try{
//System.out.println("scanning the result set");
double[] pic;
while(rs.next()){
path = rs.getString(1); //the path to the matrix
//System.out.println("path: " +path);
scanner = new Scanner (new File(path));
pic = new double[rows * rows];
for(int i=0; i<rows*rows; i++){
pic[i] = scanner.nextFloat();
avgFace[i] += pic;
//lets add a clone of the pic array
// k++;
//System.out.println("\tmatrix: " + k);
//matricesToolbox.MatrixToolbox.printMatrix(avgFace);
facesArrayList.add(pic.clone());
picn++;
//System.out.println("pic n : "+ picn);
for(int i=0; i<rows*rows; i++)
avgFace[i] /= picn;
return(avgFace);
}catch(Exception e){
e.printStackTrace();
return(null);
private ArrayList calculateDifferenceFaces(double[] avgFace){
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double[] pic;
double[] phi = new double[avgFace.length];
for(int i=0; i< facesArrayList.size(); i++){
pic = (double[]) facesArrayList.get(i);
for(int j=0; j< pic.length*pic.length; j++){
System.out.println(pic[j] + " minus " + avgFace[j]);
//System.out.println(avgFace[j] + "");
phi[j] = pic[j] - avgFace[j];
//System.out.print(phi[j] + " ");
xArrayList.add(phi);
return(xArrayList);
}why in line "System.out.println(pic[j] + " minus " + avgFace[j]);" i get the same values for both pic and avgFace, although in the 1st method i add a clone of pic facesArrayList.add(pic.clone()); ??I would suggest;
- using a debugger. This will show if the arrays are the same or not. avgFace will be the same each time for each pics as its the same array.
- use nextDouble() as nextFloat() is less accurate (I am guessing not a problem here)]
- don't use pic.clone(), just create a new array at the start of each loop.
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