Showing high scores with showMessageDialog

is it possible to do so?
i mean i tried doing this
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Name Score\n"
                                                            +"====== =======\n"
                                                            for(int i=0; i < scorename.size(); i++)
               pname" "+score+"\n";
               }                                        +"\n");
its expecting a ')' in the second line somewhere!
i dunno y it doesnt like it...can ne one help out? or suggest ne thing else?
thanks

hi there (again),
assuming your names and scores are the Player objcts in a vector:
(This is for a start, the layout will not be very nice.)
String table ="Name Score\n"+"====== =======\n";
for(k=0; k< v.size(); k++){
Player p = (Player)v.elementAt(k);
table = table + p.name + ": " + p.score+ "\n";
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, table);HTH

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