How do I store JTextField input as a variable using a button as double data type?

Question

Tried to create a variable called CashInsert as double and then I did CashAmounttxt = CashInsert, but failed, also how do I add action listener so when button is clicked it will store the amount inserted in the box inside variable?

Here is my code:

import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JTextField;

import javax.swing.WindowConstants;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;


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public class CashPay extends javax.swing.JFrame {
    private JLabel cashamountlbl;
    private JButton Calculatebtn;
    private JLabel CashChangelbl;
    private JTextField CashAmounttxt;
    private double ChangeLeft;
    private double CashInsert;


    /**
    * Auto-generated main method to display this JFrame
    */
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                CashPay inst = new CashPay();
                inst.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
                inst.setVisible(true);
            }
        });
    }

    public CashPay() {
        super();
         CashAmounttxt = CashInsert;
        initGUI();
    }

    private void initGUI() {
        try {
            setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
            getContentPane().setLayout(null);

            cashamountlbl = new JLabel();
            getContentPane().add(cashamountlbl);
            cashamountlbl.setText("Enter Cash Amount");
            cashamountlbl.setBounds(41, 65, 105, 34);
            cashamountlbl.setBackground(new java.awt.Color(128,0,255));

            CashAmounttxt = new JTextField();
            getContentPane().add(CashAmounttxt);
            CashAmounttxt.setBounds(215, 71, 87, 23);

            CashChangelbl = new JLabel();
            getContentPane().add(CashChangelbl);
            CashChangelbl.setBounds(190, 117, 158, 109);
            CashChangelbl.setBackground(new java.awt.Color(255,128,64));

            Calculatebtn = new JButton();
            getContentPane().add(Calculatebtn);
            Calculatebtn.setText("Calculate Total");
            Calculatebtn.setBounds(46, 203, 93, 23);

            pack();
            setSize(400, 300);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            //add your error handling code here
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

}

Answer 1

Use Double.toString() to convert the double value to a string and JTextField.setText() to show it in the UI. For the opposite conversion, use JTextField.getText() and Double.parseDouble().