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

[hongge]

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]);
      }
}

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?

[CreoN]

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...

[hongge]

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

[CreoN]

choice.getSelectedIndex()

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

choice.getSelectedItem()

since that returns a string representative of the selected item.

So the code would be

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

Hope this helps...

[hongge]

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

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("");
		}
	}
}