Java setting array text color

Question

I'm basically running a IF statement that in the condition checks if the array number[i] is equal to 18 and if so the color should be read but have had no luck with using html or setColor.

if (number[i].equals("18"))
            {
                number[i] = 
            }

What would I assign number[i] to be if the integer is 18?

Trials such as :

number[i].setColor(Color.red);
number[i] = number[i].setColor(Color.red)
number [i] = "<html> <font color=red> 18</font></html>";

Have all not worked

Should also point out 18 is stored as a string.

`String` comparison in Java is done using `String#equals` not `==` — MadProgrammer, Dec 10 '13 at 23:32
I want to set the colour of the text in the array nmber[i]. Yes I am working in GUI. — lecardo, Dec 10 '13 at 23:35
number is a String Array which contains strings that are numbers like 1,2,3,4 and so on. I had to make it a string and not int as I will be manipulating it further later on — lecardo, Dec 10 '13 at 23:36

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 10 '13 at 23:51

After reading some documentation, Here's what I'd try.

It seems like you want to make your button some sort of icon so to do that, the easiest way is to make a picture of what you want your icon to look like, and load that into an ImageIcon type

ImageIcon icon = new ImageIcon("images/redSquare.gif")

after that, just pass the icon as a parameter to your JButton

if (number[i].equals("18"))
{
    printme[i] = new JButton(number[i], icon)
}

Java setting array text color

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