getting values from keys in hashtable

[howhy]

i've populated hashtable ht as

ht.put(i,string) -- i is an object of integer class.

i want to retrieve the corrseponding string data using the key.
can anyone help me.

[JosAH]

i've populated hashtable ht as

ht.put(i,string) -- i is an object of integer class.

i want to retrieve the corrseponding string data using the key.
can anyone help me.

If you're using Java 1.5 or later you can use autoboxing:

int key= 42;
String value= ht.get(key);
 

If you're still using Java 1.4 or earlier, you have to do something like this:

Integer key= new Integer(42);
String value= ht.get(key);
 

kind regards,

Jos