I'm working on a calculator application (which I have simplified downed to make it easier to debug). When the user hits '=' the IMPORTANTINT will change to 1. When the users clicks another button the field is supposed to clear with the if then statement in CalculatorEngine:
if(IMPORTANTINT == 1){
System.out.println("Ran the block of code");
parent.setDisplayValue("");
IMPORTANTINT = 0;
System.out.println(IMPORTANTINT);
}
This is done so the user can view the result and then start a new calculation. The textField doesn't want to clear. Does anyone know why this is? Thanks!
CalculatorEngine.java
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.JButton;
public class CalculatorEngine implements ActionListener{
Calculator parent;
double firstNum, secondNum;
String symbol;
int IMPORTANTINT = 0;
CalculatorEngine(Calculator parent){
this.parent = parent;
}
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
JButton clickedButton = (JButton) e.getSource();
String clickedButtonLabel = clickedButton.getText();
String dispFieldText = parent.getDisplayValue();
if(IMPORTANTINT == 1){
System.out.println("Ran the block of code");
parent.setDisplayValue("");
IMPORTANTINT = 0;
System.out.println(IMPORTANTINT);
}
if(clickedButtonLabel == "+"){
firstNum = (Double.parseDouble(parent.getDisplayValue()));
parent.setDisplayValue("");
symbol = clickedButtonLabel;
} else if(clickedButtonLabel == "="){
IMPORTANTINT = 1;
secondNum = Double.parseDouble(parent.getDisplayValue());
double answer = firstNum + secondNum;
parent.setDisplayValue(Double.toString(answer));
} else{
parent.setDisplayValue(dispFieldText + clickedButtonLabel);
}
}
Calculator.java
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
public class Calculator {
private JPanel windowContent;
private JPanel p1;
private JPanel sideBar;
private JTextField displayField;
private JButton button8;
private JButton button9;
private JButton buttonEqual;
private JButton buttonPlus;
Calculator(){
windowContent= new JPanel();
BorderLayout bl = new BorderLayout();
windowContent.setLayout(bl);
displayField = new JTextField(30);
windowContent.add("North",displayField);
button8=new JButton("8");
button9=new JButton("9");
buttonEqual=new JButton("=");
buttonPlus = new JButton("+");
p1 = new JPanel();
GridLayout gl =new GridLayout(4,3);
p1.setLayout(gl);
sideBar = new JPanel();
GridLayout gl2 = new GridLayout(5,1);
sideBar.setLayout(gl2);
p1.add(button8);
p1.add(button9);
p1.add(buttonEqual);
sideBar.add(buttonPlus);
windowContent.add("Center", p1);
windowContent.add("East", sideBar);
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Calculator");
frame.setContentPane(windowContent);
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
CalculatorEngine calcEngine = new CalculatorEngine(this);
button8.addActionListener(calcEngine);
button9.addActionListener(calcEngine);
buttonEqual.addActionListener(calcEngine);
buttonPlus.addActionListener(calcEngine);
}
public void setDisplayValue(String val){
displayField.setText(val);
}
public String getDisplayValue(){
return displayField.getText();
}
public static void main(String[] args)
{
Calculator calc = new Calculator();
}
}