Returning array

[adityajain]

Hello! I am new in java.Can any body tell me how to return an array and to access it also......
Is it
return a; // a[] is an array from method static How
// and to access
int c[] = How();

[JosAH]

Hello! I am new in java.Can any body tell me how to return an array and to access it also......
Is it
return a; // a[] is an array from method static How
// and to access
int c[] = How();

Yep, that's all there is to it: return an array (it's just an object) and use it as
an ordinary array, just like other arrays.

kind regards,

Jos

[adityajain]

Thx ,
but then why error is occuring in following code:
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class D
{public static void main(String as[])
{ String S ="Hello";
char a[] = Breakit(S);
for(int i =0;i<S.length();i++)
System.out.println(a[i]+"-");
}

static char Breakit(String S)
{char a[] = new char[S.length()];
for(int i =0;i<S.length();i++)
a[i] = S.charAt(i);
return a;
}

}
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Plz help.

[r035198x]

Thx ,
but then why error is occuring in following code:
:::::::::::::::::::::::::
class D
{public static void main(String as[])
{ String S ="Hello";
char a[] = Breakit(S);
for(int i =0;i<S.length();i++)
System.out.println(a[i]+"-");
}


static char Breakit(String S)
{char a[] = new char[S.length()];
for(int i =0;i<S.length();i++)
a[i] = S.charAt(i);
return a;
}

}
:::::::::::::
Plz help.

1.) Always use code tags when posting code.
2.) Your Breakit method is specified as returning a char not a char[].

  static char[] Breakit(String S) ...

is probably what you wanted.

Edit: You should also indent your code properly and make sure your braces, {}, match and are at the right positions.

[randallc]

Hi,
Complete noob to java, sorry for adding to this thread..
It seems to me that I can return a 1D array if I call a func in scriptcontrol for lang java, or an item of 2D array, but apparently not the 2D array, that I can see... eg back to vbscript.
Is that expected?
Best, randall

function SortArray(arrArray) {
var list = [
["1","359","No a Test xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx","0","08/18/2003","Approved"],
["2","268","test character fields for 500","129","07/14/2003","Approved"],
["3","288","textarea filled XXXXXXXx","0","07/15/2003","Approved"]];
     list.sort(value);
    return list[2][1];
  }
  function value(a,b) {
       a = a[3]+a[1];
       b = b[3]+b[1];
  return a == b ? 0 : (a < b ? -1 : 1);
        }

So "return list[2][1];" works,
but not "return list;"?

[r035198x]

Hi,
Complete noob to java, sorry for adding to this thread..
It seems to me that I can return a 1D array if I call a func in scriptcontrol for lang java, or an item of 2D array, but apparently not the 2D array, that I can see... eg back to vbscript.
Is that expected?
Best, randall

function SortArray(arrArray) {
var list = [
["1","359","No a Test xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx","0","08/18/2003","Approved"],
["2","268","test character fields for 500","129","07/14/2003","Approved"],
["3","288","textarea filled XXXXXXXx","0","07/15/2003","Approved"]];
     list.sort(value);
    return list[2][1];
  }
  function value(a,b) {
       a = a[3]+a[1];
       b = b[3]+b[1];
  return a == b ? 0 : (a < b ? -1 : 1);
        }

So "return list[2][1];" works,
but not "return list;"?

We can only help with the Java part.
return list[2][1] may or may not work depending on the return type of the method and the type of the array itself. Perhaps you can post the Java code you're having problems with so we can understand your problem better.