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ELHEK · Oct 1st, 2006, 1:10 AM

hey guys, ive been constantly strugglying to get my code working but have had no luck. i have 2 classes, ListDictionary.java & wordbase1.java which are both linked lists that have an inner node class. ListDictionary.java is an array of linked lists, which reads words in from a text file called dictionary.txt, where for the array every element of the array represents a letter of the alphabet, and contains a linked list of words in alphabetically order starting with that letter. The wordbase1.java is suppose to be a linked list containing all the words in the dictionary which is of 4 letters or less in length, in alphabetically order, and i seem to be getting errors with my array varible. My code is below, any help would be great!

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public class wordbase1 extends ListDictionary
{
   private wordbase head;
   private ListDictionary insert;

   public wordbase1(ListDictionary insert)
   {
      super();
      this.insert = insert;
      head = null;
   }

   public void insertDictionary()
   {
      insert.addToDictionary();
      wordbase p = new wordbase(array[0].getWord());
      for(int i = 0; i < 26; i++)
      {
         p.getWord() = array[i].getWord();
         if( (array[i].getWord()).length() <= 4)
         {
            if(head == null)
            {
               head = p;
            }
            else if(head.word.compareTo(p.word) >=0)
            {
               p.next = head;
               head = p;
            }
            else
            {
               wordbase node = head;
               while((node.next != null) && ((node.next).word).compareTo(p.word) < 0)
               {
                  node = node.next;
               }
               p.next = node.next;
               node.next = p;
            }
         }
      }
   }

   public class wordbase extends NodeDictionary
   {
      private int flag;
      private wordbase next;

      public wordbase(String word)
      {
         super(word);
         flag = 0;
         next = null;
      }

      public String getWord()
      {
         super.getWord();
      }
   }
}

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import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
public class ListDictionary
{
   private NodeDictionary head;
   private ListDictionary[] array;

   public ListDictionary()
   {
      head = null;
      array = new ListDictionary[26];
   }

   public NodeDictionary search(String word)
   {
      NodeDictionary p = head;
      String dataAtPosition;
      while(p != null)
      {
         dataAtPosition = p.word;
         if( dataAtPosition.equals(word))
         {
            return p;
         }
         p = p.next;
      }
      return null;
   }

   public boolean retrieveWord(String word)
   {
      return (search(word) != null);
   }


   public void showList()
   {
      NodeDictionary p = head;
      while(p !=null)
      {
         System.out.println(p.word);
         p = p.next;
      }
   }

   public ListDictionary[] getArray()
   {
      return array;
   }

   public void setArray(ListDictionary[] array)
   {
      this.array = array;
   }

   public void addToDictionary()
   {
      try
      {
         BufferedReader input = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("dictionary"));
         String line = "";
         char arrayLine; //is the words in dictionary.txt gonna be upper  or lower case
         while(line != null)
         {
            line = input.readLine();
            arrayLine = (char)line.charAt(0);
            switch(arrayLine)
            {
               case 'A':
               case 'a':
                  array[0].insert(line);
                  break;
               case 'B':
               case 'b':
                  array[1].insert(line);
                  break;
               case 'C':
               case 'c':
                  array[2].insert(line);
                  break;
               case 'D':
               case 'd':
                  array[4].insert(line);
                  break;
               case 'E':
               case 'e':
                  array[5].insert(line);
                  break;
               case 'F':
               case 'f':
                  array[6].insert(line);
                  break;
               case 'G':
               case 'g':
                  array[7].insert(line);
                  break;
               case 'H':
               case 'h':
                  array[8].insert(line);
                  break;
               case 'I':
               case 'i':
                  array[9].insert(line);
                  break;
               case 'K':
               case 'k':
                  array[10].insert(line);
                  break;
               case 'L':
               case 'l':
                  array[11].insert(line);
                  break;
               case 'M':
               case 'm':
                  array[12].insert(line);
                  break;
               case 'N':
               case 'n':
                  array[13].insert(line);
                  break;
               case 'O':
               case 'o':
                  array[14].insert(line);
                  break;
               case 'P':
               case 'p':
                  array[15].insert(line);
                  break;
               case 'Q':
               case 'q':
                  array[16].insert(line);
                  break;
               case 'R':
               case 'r':
                  array[17].insert(line);
                  break;
               case 'S':
               case 's':
                  array[18].insert(line);
                  break;
               case 'T':
               case 't':
                  array[19].insert(line);
                  break;
               case 'U':
               case 'u':
                  array[20].insert(line);
                  break;
               case 'V':
               case 'v':
                  array[21].insert(line);
                  break;
               case 'W':
               case 'w':
                  array[22].insert(line);
                  break;
               case 'X':
               case 'x':
                  array[23].insert(line);
                  break;
               case 'Y':
               case 'y':
                  array[24].insert(line);
                  break;
               case 'Z':
               case 'z':
                  array[25].insert(line);
                  break;
               default:
                  System.out.println("This word does not start with a alphabetically char");
                  break;
            }
         }
      }
      catch(FileNotFoundException e)
      {
            System.out.println("File opening problem");
      }
      catch(IOException e)
      {
            System.out.println("File reading problem");
      }
   }

   public void insert(String word)
   {
      NodeDictionary p = new NodeDictionary(word);
      if(head == null)
      {
         head = p;
      }
      else if( (head.word).compareTo(p.word) >= 0 )
      {
         p.next = head;
         head = p;
      }
      else
      {
         NodeDictionary node = head;
         while( (node.next != null) && ((node.next).word).compareTo(p.word) < 0 )
         {
            node = node.next;
         }
         p.next = node.next;
         node.next = p;
      }
   }

   public class NodeDictionary
   {
      protected String word;
      private NodeDictionary next;

      public NodeDictionary(String word)
      {
         this.word = word;
         next = null;
      }

      public String getWord()
      {
         return word;
      }
   }

}

import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
public class ListDictionary
{
   private NodeDictionary head;
   private ListDictionary[] array;

   public ListDictionary()
   {
      head = null;
      array = new ListDictionary[26];
   }

   public NodeDictionary search(String word)
   {
      NodeDictionary p = head;
      String dataAtPosition;
      while(p != null)
      {
         dataAtPosition = p.word;
         if( dataAtPosition.equals(word))
         {
            return p;
         }
         p = p.next;
      }
      return null;
   }

   public boolean retrieveWord(String word)
   {
      return (search(word) != null);
   }


   public void showList()
   {
      NodeDictionary p = head;
      while(p !=null)
      {
         System.out.println(p.word);
         p = p.next;
      }
   }

   public ListDictionary[] getArray()
   {
      return array;
   }

   public void setArray(ListDictionary[] array)
   {
      this.array = array;
   }

   public void addToDictionary()
   {
      try
      {
         BufferedReader input = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("dictionary"));
         String line = "";
         char arrayLine; //is the words in dictionary.txt gonna be upper  or lower case
         while(line != null)
         {
            line = input.readLine();
            arrayLine = (char)line.charAt(0);
            switch(arrayLine)
            {
               case 'A':
               case 'a':
                  array[0].insert(line);
                  break;
               case 'B':
               case 'b':
                  array[1].insert(line);
                  break;
               case 'C':
               case 'c':
                  array[2].insert(line);
                  break;
               case 'D':
               case 'd':
                  array[4].insert(line);
                  break;
               case 'E':
               case 'e':
                  array[5].insert(line);
                  break;
               case 'F':
               case 'f':
                  array[6].insert(line);
                  break;
               case 'G':
               case 'g':
                  array[7].insert(line);
                  break;
               case 'H':
               case 'h':
                  array[8].insert(line);
                  break;
               case 'I':
               case 'i':
                  array[9].insert(line);
                  break;
               case 'K':
               case 'k':
                  array[10].insert(line);
                  break;
               case 'L':
               case 'l':
                  array[11].insert(line);
                  break;
               case 'M':
               case 'm':
                  array[12].insert(line);
                  break;
               case 'N':
               case 'n':
                  array[13].insert(line);
                  break;
               case 'O':
               case 'o':
                  array[14].insert(line);
                  break;
               case 'P':
               case 'p':
                  array[15].insert(line);
                  break;
               case 'Q':
               case 'q':
                  array[16].insert(line);
                  break;
               case 'R':
               case 'r':
                  array[17].insert(line);
                  break;
               case 'S':
               case 's':
                  array[18].insert(line);
                  break;
               case 'T':
               case 't':
                  array[19].insert(line);
                  break;
               case 'U':
               case 'u':
                  array[20].insert(line);
                  break;
               case 'V':
               case 'v':
                  array[21].insert(line);
                  break;
               case 'W':
               case 'w':
                  array[22].insert(line);
                  break;
               case 'X':
               case 'x':
                  array[23].insert(line);
                  break;
               case 'Y':
               case 'y':
                  array[24].insert(line);
                  break;
               case 'Z':
               case 'z':
                  array[25].insert(line);
                  break;
               default:
                  System.out.println("This word does not start with a alphabetically char");
                  break;
            }
         }
      }
      catch(FileNotFoundException e)
      {
            System.out.println("File opening problem");
      }
      catch(IOException e)
      {
            System.out.println("File reading problem");
      }
   }

   public void insert(String word)
   {
      NodeDictionary p = new NodeDictionary(word);
      if(head == null)
      {
         head = p;
      }
      else if( (head.word).compareTo(p.word) >= 0 )
      {
         p.next = head;
         head = p;
      }
      else
      {
         NodeDictionary node = head;
         while( (node.next != null) && ((node.next).word).compareTo(p.word) < 0 )
         {
            node = node.next;
         }
         p.next = node.next;
         node.next = p;
      }
   }

   public class NodeDictionary
   {
      protected String word;
      private NodeDictionary next;

      public NodeDictionary(String word)
      {
         this.word = word;
         next = null;
      }

      public String getWord()
      {
         return word;
      }
   }

}

the errors im getting are...

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wordbase1.java:27: cannot find symbol
symbol  : method getWord()
location: class ListDictionary
      wordbase p = new wordbase(array[0].getWord());
                                     ^
wordbase1.java:30: unexpected type
required: variable
found   : value
         p.getWord() = array[i].getWord();
                  ^
wordbase1.java:30: cannot find symbol
symbol  : method getWord()
location: class ListDictionary
         p.getWord() = array[i].getWord();
                            ^
wordbase1.java:31: cannot find symbol
symbol  : method getWord()
location: class ListDictionary
         if( (array[i].getWord()).length() <= 4)
                   ^
4 errors

I have been trying to fix it for a while but no luck yet, any help would be great.

Ooble · Oct 1st, 2006, 7:31 PM

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   public ListDictionary()
   {
      array = new ListDictionary[26];
   }

I don't know Java, but wouldn't that cause an infinite loop?

Booooze · Oct 1st, 2006, 8:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ooble

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   public ListDictionary()
   {
      array = new ListDictionary[26];
   }

I don't know Java, but wouldn't that cause an infinite loop?

Yeah I think it would, but it won't actually run unless it compiles:p It's a user error:p

Ok, so after looking over your code, I think the problem is with the first error you specified. Where is that array coming from? It's obviously having problems finding it. I'm not great at Java, so I can't say much. My advice to you is to start over with new clean empty files, recreating and copying over some code doing step by step, and see what you end up with. Anyways, good luck.

titaniumdecoy · Oct 1st, 2006, 8:55 PM

You have a number of problems you need to fix.

The first, and most obvious, is the omission of a return statement in the wordbase1.wordbase.getWord method, which can be easily corrected:

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public String getWord()
{
      return super.getWord();
}

Now things get a little more complicated. In the wordbase1.insertDictionary method, you reference array[0].getWord(). Presumably, you are attempting to access the variable named array in the ListDictionary superclass, which is declared private. Changing this variable to protected (or better, creating an accessor method for it) will solve this problem. To make it crystal clear:

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protected ListDictionary[] array;

Your next problem is that you are attempting to call getWord() on index 0 of the array variable, which is a ListDictionary object; as per your definition of the class, ListDictionary does not contain a getWord method. I can only guess at your intentions here; but since you have such a method defined in the wordbase1.wordbase class, perhaps it was your intent to work with objects of that class. If that is the case, you need to entirely rethink your class relationships.

In addition, you have a dilemma here:

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p.getWord() = array[i].getWord();

On the left side of the equals sign, p.getWord() (ostensibly) returns a String object as an lvalue. You cannot assign a new value to an lvalue; rather, you assign a new value to a variable that points to one. You should create a setter method, setWord(String word) in wordbase, then call it as follows:

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setWord(array[i].getWord())

Ooble asked whether the statement array = new ListDictionary[26] inside the ListDictionary class would cause an infinite loop. The answer is no, as it turns out, because each index of the array is initialized to null.

Even after correcting the above errors, I believe it is safe to say you will have a long list of new problems to solve. If I were you, I would rewrite the code from scratch--it is certainly possible to do whatever you are attempting without two nested classes in two nested files, and worse, one of those nested classes extending the other nested class which is made possible by its outer class extending the class in which the class it is extending is nested. (Ugh!)

No offense intended, but this may very well be the ugliest Java code I have ever seen. You might consider entering an obfuscated code contest. Good luck...

Sane · Oct 1st, 2006, 9:01 PM

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               case 'A':
               case 'a':
                  array[0].insert(line);
                  break;
...
               case 'Z':
               case 'z':
                  array[25].insert(line);
                  break;

Could be generalized by taking the ordinal value of the character, and subtracting a defined amount to evaluate which array index is going to be used. If you don't understand how that would be done, give out a hollar and someone can explain.

titaniumdecoy · Oct 1st, 2006, 9:20 PM

Or better yet:

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if (Character.isLetter(line.charAt(0)))
      ...

EDIT: Sane, you are correct. The code I provided only determines whether the letter is a character, not which index of the array to use.

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char c = line.charAt(0);
int i;
if (Character.isLetter(c)) {
      i = (int)c;
      if (Character.isLowerCase(c))
            i -= 32;
      i -= 65;
      // i is now set to the correct index value
}

Oct 1st, 2006, 1:10 AM	#1
ELHEK Newbie Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 9 Rep Power: 0	need help with code plz hey guys, ive been constantly strugglying to get my code working but have had no luck. i have 2 classes, ListDictionary.java & wordbase1.java which are both linked lists that have an inner node class. ListDictionary.java is an array of linked lists, which reads words in from a text file called dictionary.txt, where for the array every element of the array represents a letter of the alphabet, and contains a linked list of words in alphabetically order starting with that letter. The wordbase1.java is suppose to be a linked list containing all the words in the dictionary which is of 4 letters or less in length, in alphabetically order, and i seem to be getting errors with my array varible. My code is below, any help would be great! (Toggle Plain Text) public class wordbase1 extends ListDictionary { private wordbase head; private ListDictionary insert; public wordbase1(ListDictionary insert) { super(); this.insert = insert; head = null; } public void insertDictionary() { insert.addToDictionary(); wordbase p = new wordbase(array[0].getWord()); for(int i = 0; i < 26; i++) { p.getWord() = array[i].getWord(); if( (array[i].getWord()).length() <= 4) { if(head == null) { head = p; } else if(head.word.compareTo(p.word) >=0) { p.next = head; head = p; } else { wordbase node = head; while((node.next != null) && ((node.next).word).compareTo(p.word) < 0) { node = node.next; } p.next = node.next; node.next = p; } } } } public class wordbase extends NodeDictionary { private int flag; private wordbase next; public wordbase(String word) { super(word); flag = 0; next = null; } public String getWord() { super.getWord(); } } } public class wordbase1 extends ListDictionary { private wordbase head; private ListDictionary insert; public wordbase1(ListDictionary insert) { super(); this.insert = insert; head = null; } public void insertDictionary() { insert.addToDictionary(); wordbase p = new wordbase(array[0].getWord()); for(int i = 0; i < 26; i++) { p.getWord() = array[i].getWord(); if( (array[i].getWord()).length() <= 4) { if(head == null) { head = p; } else if(head.word.compareTo(p.word) >=0) { p.next = head; head = p; } else { wordbase node = head; while((node.next != null) && ((node.next).word).compareTo(p.word) < 0) { node = node.next; } p.next = node.next; node.next = p; } } } } public class wordbase extends NodeDictionary { private int flag; private wordbase next; public wordbase(String word) { super(word); flag = 0; next = null; } public String getWord() { super.getWord(); } } } (Toggle Plain Text) import java.util.; import java.io.; public class ListDictionary { private NodeDictionary head; private ListDictionary[] array; public ListDictionary() { head = null; array = new ListDictionary[26]; } public NodeDictionary search(String word) { NodeDictionary p = head; String dataAtPosition; while(p != null) { dataAtPosition = p.word; if( dataAtPosition.equals(word)) { return p; } p = p.next; } return null; } public boolean retrieveWord(String word) { return (search(word) != null); } public void showList() { NodeDictionary p = head; while(p !=null) { System.out.println(p.word); p = p.next; } } public ListDictionary[] getArray() { return array; } public void setArray(ListDictionary[] array) { this.array = array; } public void addToDictionary() { try { BufferedReader input = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("dictionary")); String line = ""; char arrayLine; //is the words in dictionary.txt gonna be upper or lower case while(line != null) { line = input.readLine(); arrayLine = (char)line.charAt(0); switch(arrayLine) { case 'A': case 'a': array[0].insert(line); break; case 'B': case 'b': array[1].insert(line); break; case 'C': case 'c': array[2].insert(line); break; case 'D': case 'd': array[4].insert(line); break; case 'E': case 'e': array[5].insert(line); break; case 'F': case 'f': array[6].insert(line); break; case 'G': case 'g': array[7].insert(line); break; case 'H': case 'h': array[8].insert(line); break; case 'I': case 'i': array[9].insert(line); break; case 'K': case 'k': array[10].insert(line); break; case 'L': case 'l': array[11].insert(line); break; case 'M': case 'm': array[12].insert(line); break; case 'N': case 'n': array[13].insert(line); break; case 'O': case 'o': array[14].insert(line); break; case 'P': case 'p': array[15].insert(line); break; case 'Q': case 'q': array[16].insert(line); break; case 'R': case 'r': array[17].insert(line); break; case 'S': case 's': array[18].insert(line); break; case 'T': case 't': array[19].insert(line); break; case 'U': case 'u': array[20].insert(line); break; case 'V': case 'v': array[21].insert(line); break; case 'W': case 'w': array[22].insert(line); break; case 'X': case 'x': array[23].insert(line); break; case 'Y': case 'y': array[24].insert(line); break; case 'Z': case 'z': array[25].insert(line); break; default: System.out.println("This word does not start with a alphabetically char"); break; } } } catch(FileNotFoundException e) { System.out.println("File opening problem"); } catch(IOException e) { System.out.println("File reading problem"); } } public void insert(String word) { NodeDictionary p = new NodeDictionary(word); if(head == null) { head = p; } else if( (head.word).compareTo(p.word) >= 0 ) { p.next = head; head = p; } else { NodeDictionary node = head; while( (node.next != null) && ((node.next).word).compareTo(p.word) < 0 ) { node = node.next; } p.next = node.next; node.next = p; } } public class NodeDictionary { protected String word; private NodeDictionary next; public NodeDictionary(String word) { this.word = word; next = null; } public String getWord() { return word; } } } import java.util.; import java.io.; public class ListDictionary { private NodeDictionary head; private ListDictionary[] array; public ListDictionary() { head = null; array = new ListDictionary[26]; } public NodeDictionary search(String word) { NodeDictionary p = head; String dataAtPosition; while(p != null) { dataAtPosition = p.word; if( dataAtPosition.equals(word)) { return p; } p = p.next; } return null; } public boolean retrieveWord(String word) { return (search(word) != null); } public void showList() { NodeDictionary p = head; while(p !=null) { System.out.println(p.word); p = p.next; } } public ListDictionary[] getArray() { return array; } public void setArray(ListDictionary[] array) { this.array = array; } public void addToDictionary() { try { BufferedReader input = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("dictionary")); String line = ""; char arrayLine; //is the words in dictionary.txt gonna be upper or lower case while(line != null) { line = input.readLine(); arrayLine = (char)line.charAt(0); switch(arrayLine) { case 'A': case 'a': array[0].insert(line); break; case 'B': case 'b': array[1].insert(line); break; case 'C': case 'c': array[2].insert(line); break; case 'D': case 'd': array[4].insert(line); break; case 'E': case 'e': array[5].insert(line); break; case 'F': case 'f': array[6].insert(line); break; case 'G': case 'g': array[7].insert(line); break; case 'H': case 'h': array[8].insert(line); break; case 'I': case 'i': array[9].insert(line); break; case 'K': case 'k': array[10].insert(line); break; case 'L': case 'l': array[11].insert(line); break; case 'M': case 'm': array[12].insert(line); break; case 'N': case 'n': array[13].insert(line); break; case 'O': case 'o': array[14].insert(line); break; case 'P': case 'p': array[15].insert(line); break; case 'Q': case 'q': array[16].insert(line); break; case 'R': case 'r': array[17].insert(line); break; case 'S': case 's': array[18].insert(line); break; case 'T': case 't': array[19].insert(line); break; case 'U': case 'u': array[20].insert(line); break; case 'V': case 'v': array[21].insert(line); break; case 'W': case 'w': array[22].insert(line); break; case 'X': case 'x': array[23].insert(line); break; case 'Y': case 'y': array[24].insert(line); break; case 'Z': case 'z': array[25].insert(line); break; default: System.out.println("This word does not start with a alphabetically char"); break; } } } catch(FileNotFoundException e) { System.out.println("File opening problem"); } catch(IOException e) { System.out.println("File reading problem"); } } public void insert(String word) { NodeDictionary p = new NodeDictionary(word); if(head == null) { head = p; } else if( (head.word).compareTo(p.word) >= 0 ) { p.next = head; head = p; } else { NodeDictionary node = head; while( (node.next != null) && ((node.next).word).compareTo(p.word) < 0 ) { node = node.next; } p.next = node.next; node.next = p; } } public class NodeDictionary { protected String word; private NodeDictionary next; public NodeDictionary(String word) { this.word = word; next = null; } public String getWord() { return word; } } } the errors im getting are... (Toggle Plain Text) wordbase1.java:27: cannot find symbol symbol : method getWord() location: class ListDictionary wordbase p = new wordbase(array[0].getWord()); ^ wordbase1.java:30: unexpected type required: variable found : value p.getWord() = array[i].getWord(); ^ wordbase1.java:30: cannot find symbol symbol : method getWord() location: class ListDictionary p.getWord() = array[i].getWord(); ^ wordbase1.java:31: cannot find symbol symbol : method getWord() location: class ListDictionary if( (array[i].getWord()).length() <= 4) ^ 4 errors wordbase1.java:27: cannot find symbol symbol : method getWord() location: class ListDictionary wordbase p = new wordbase(array[0].getWord()); ^ wordbase1.java:30: unexpected type required: variable found : value p.getWord() = array[i].getWord(); ^ wordbase1.java:30: cannot find symbol symbol : method getWord() location: class ListDictionary p.getWord() = array[i].getWord(); ^ wordbase1.java:31: cannot find symbol symbol : method getWord() location: class ListDictionary if( (array[i].getWord()).length() <= 4) ^ 4 errors I have been trying to fix it for a while but no luck yet, any help would be great.

Oct 1st, 2006, 7:31 PM	#2
Ooble I eat cake for breakfast. Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: In my box. Posts: 4,434 Rep Power: 9	(Toggle Plain Text) public ListDictionary() { array = new ListDictionary[26]; } public ListDictionary() { array = new ListDictionary[26]; } I don't know Java, but wouldn't that cause an infinite loop? __________________ Me :: You :: Them

Oct 1st, 2006, 8:55 PM	#4
titaniumdecoy Expert Programmer Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 855 Rep Power: 3	You have a number of problems you need to fix. The first, and most obvious, is the omission of a return statement in the wordbase1.wordbase.getWord method, which can be easily corrected: (Toggle Plain Text) public String getWord() { return super.getWord(); } public String getWord() { return super.getWord(); } Now things get a little more complicated. In the wordbase1.insertDictionary method, you reference array[0].getWord(). Presumably, you are attempting to access the variable named array in the ListDictionary superclass, which is declared private. Changing this variable to protected (or better, creating an accessor method for it) will solve this problem. To make it crystal clear: (Toggle Plain Text) protected ListDictionary[] array; protected ListDictionary[] array; Your next problem is that you are attempting to call getWord() on index 0 of the array variable, which is a ListDictionary object; as per your definition of the class, ListDictionary does not contain a getWord method. I can only guess at your intentions here; but since you have such a method defined in the wordbase1.wordbase class, perhaps it was your intent to work with objects of that class. If that is the case, you need to entirely rethink your class relationships. In addition, you have a dilemma here: (Toggle Plain Text) p.getWord() = array[i].getWord(); p.getWord() = array[i].getWord(); On the left side of the equals sign, p.getWord() (ostensibly) returns a String object as an lvalue. You cannot assign a new value to an lvalue; rather, you assign a new value to a variable that points to one. You should create a setter method, setWord(String word) in wordbase, then call it as follows: (Toggle Plain Text) setWord(array[i].getWord()) setWord(array[i].getWord()) Ooble asked whether the statement array = new ListDictionary[26] inside the ListDictionary class would cause an infinite loop. The answer is no, as it turns out, because each index of the array is initialized to null. Even after correcting the above errors, I believe it is safe to say you will have a long list of new problems to solve. If I were you, I would rewrite the code from scratch--it is certainly possible to do whatever you are attempting without two nested classes in two nested files, and worse, one of those nested classes extending the other nested class which is made possible by its outer class extending the class in which the class it is extending is nested. (Ugh!) No offense intended, but this may very well be the ugliest Java code I have ever seen. You might consider entering an obfuscated code contest. Good luck...

Oct 1st, 2006, 9:01 PM	#5
Sane Programming Guru Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Ontario Posts: 1,885 Rep Power: 5	(Toggle Plain Text) case 'A': case 'a': array[0].insert(line); break; ... case 'Z': case 'z': array[25].insert(line); break; case 'A': case 'a': array[0].insert(line); break; ... case 'Z': case 'z': array[25].insert(line); break; Could be generalized by taking the ordinal value of the character, and subtracting a defined amount to evaluate which array index is going to be used. If you don't understand how that would be done, give out a hollar and someone can explain.

Oct 1st, 2006, 9:20 PM	#6
titaniumdecoy Expert Programmer Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 855 Rep Power: 3	Or better yet: (Toggle Plain Text) if (Character.isLetter(line.charAt(0))) ... if (Character.isLetter(line.charAt(0))) ... EDIT: Sane, you are correct. The code I provided only determines whether the letter is a character, not which index of the array to use. (Toggle Plain Text) char c = line.charAt(0); int i; if (Character.isLetter(c)) { i = (int)c; if (Character.isLowerCase(c)) i -= 32; i -= 65; // i is now set to the correct index value } char c = line.charAt(0); int i; if (Character.isLetter(c)) { i = (int)c; if (Character.isLowerCase(c)) i -= 32; i -= 65; // i is now set to the correct index value } Last edited by titaniumdecoy; Oct 1st, 2006 at 9:43 PM.

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