Returning all elements of an array

[Jack Sloan]

Hey guys, I have tried searching the Java API and I am not finding a clear answer.

I have a class where I compute the word length frequency from a text file. And in it I create an array that stores the values. In my return statement how can I return all of the values in a nice table format?

Thanks.

[Ralph Cook]

I'm afraid "nice table format" is ambiguous. Do you want a Swing table in a GUI? Perhaps SWT? Or is it text output, you want to format things with fixed-width fonts or tab characters? Are you trying to output to a spreadsheet?

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rc

[Gaurav Sagar]

Jack Sloan wrote: In my return statement how can I return all of the values in a nice table format?

Thanks.

I think you want to display the values in a formatted way rather than return the array to some other method for further processing. In that case, you may use use GUI, swing and all, or if it is a text file, you may probably use the String formatting features of java.

Regards,
Gaurav Sagar

[Mohamed Sanaulla]

As said by Gaurav and Ralph, using JTable would be an easier option but if its too much for the implementation and you would want to print them on the console- You can convert the array into a large String with the require formatting- look at String#format() and then return the String/print the String on to the console. Or another way would be to create a custom class with a field for storing this array and override its toString method to return the formatted String.