jsp checkbox value conversion

[mudassir shahab]

hi dudes...
input has been taken to a jsp file..
how can i convert value taken by checkboxes into integer as all the parameters are in String format...that is how can i convert string into integer
<input type="checkbox" name="C1" value="300">
futhermore how can i keep record or calculate which checkboxes are checked so that further calculation can be performed

[Steve Leach]

Integer.parseInt(string) converts a string to an integer.
A check-box is a yes or no value though, so I don't see it being an issue.
Basically, if C1 != null then the C1 checkbox is checked, otherwise it is not.

  
boolean c1 = (request.getParameter("C1") != null);
boolean c2 = (request.getParameter("C2") != null);
if (c1 && c2) {
  doSomething();
}

[Tim Baker]

it depends how you are using the checkboxes i suppose as to how you do it. further to the reply above i suspect what you want is something along the lines of:-
int ic1;
String sc1 = request.getParameter("C1");
if(sc1 == null)
ic1 = 0;
else
icl = Integer.parseInt(sc1);

[Lisa D'Aniello]

If you are performing the calculation in the same page that the fields are filled out in, it might be simpler to use a javascript. I don't have exact syntax in my head, but it would go something like this:
var chkArry(NumCheckBoxes);
for(var i=0;i < chkArry.length;i++)
{
if(document.getElementById("CK" & i).checked)
//assuming you name your check boxes CK0 - CK?
{
chkArry(i) = document.getElementById("CK" & i).value;
//place value into an array
}
}
or if not, then you could also name all of the checkboxes the same thing and the browser should store them as a comma delimited array then you could extract them using the split() function (I have only tried this on text boxes, using asp, so this last idea is a guess).
These are primitive solutions, but they have served me well in the past. Hope this helps,
Lisa M.