When creating e.g an address book I also want a method for searching it. Imagine I go for an object like this:
public class someone {
private static someone [] addressBook = new someone[150];
private String firstName;
private String lastName;
private String address;
//...
public someone(String firstName, String lastNameame, String adress/*,...*/){
this.Vorname=firstName;
//...
}
Now I'm planning on searching for someone using user input and Scanner. First, the user should declare for what (s)he is searching in gerneral:
public static void searchSomeone(){
System.out.println("What do you want to search for?: ");
Scanner sc1 = new Scanner(System.in);
String userInput1 = sc1.next(); // e.g. userInput1="firstName"
Second, the user is asked for the exact value (s)he is searching for:
System.out.println("Enter a " + userInput1 + ": ");
Scanner sc2 = new Scanner(System.in);
String userInput2 = sc2.next(); // e.g. userInput2="Peter"
for (int i=1;i<150;++i){
if(getAddressBook[i].**"Value of userInput1"**.contains(userInput2)){ // here is my problem!*
System.out.println("Congrats, we've found someone! ");
}
}
}
- Is there a way to use the value of the input as a call for the member variable?
In this case the argument should 'become'
if(getAddressBook[i].firstName.contains(userInput2)){}
I tried to implement another method like getInputValue that simply returns the String but it didn't work here. If there is no such solution I will have to include code for every member variable separately which I really dont want to!
Hope you get my idea! And please be kind I'm quite new to forums. :P