how do i get the text of a dropdown menu?[urgent]

Code:

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static String[] list = new String[20];

for (int i=0; i<20; i++)
{
      if (choice.getSelectedIndex() = list[i])
      {
          qty.setText(list[i+1]);
            price.setText(list[i+2]);
      }
}

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how do i get the text of a dropdown menu?
i need to do comparison of value between the choice n array
e.g
in dropdown menu choice, the value is "red" then compare against the array list[20] -->list[5]="red"

can show code example?

I'm not sure what choice is an instance of, but if you want to compare two Strings, you shouldn't do like
if (choice.getSelectedIndex() = list[i])
because that's not even comparing.

if (choice.getSelectedIndex() == list[i])
is comparing, but it won't work on String variables, since they are not primitive types, they are objects.

if (choice.getSelectedIndex().equals(list[i])
is what you should use...

but i cant get it work! do u mind help me solve this prob? i attach the file here please help me debug. thks!

Code:

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choice.getSelectedIndex()

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returns the index of the currently selected item.
My suggestion is that you use

Code:

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choice.getSelectedItem()

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since that returns a string representative of the selected item.

So the code would be

Code:

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if (choice.getSelectedItem().equals(list[i]))

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Hope this helps...

how to add listener to a combo box? such that whenever the item is changed. the other textfield will change it value too?

my code cant work the error keep saying cannot be applied

Code:

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static Choice choice = new Choice();
choice.addItemListener(this);
public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent e)
{
        choice.getSelectedItem();
        for (int i=0; i<20; i++)
        {
                if (choice.getSelectedItem().equals(list[i]))
                {
                        qty.setText(list[i+1]);
                        price.setText(list[i+2]);
                        float p = Float.parseFloatprice.getText());
                        float q = Float.parseFloatqty.getText());
                        float total = p*q;
                        String t = String.valueOf(total)        ;                        totalprice.setText(t);
                        text1.setText("");
                }
        }
}

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