Get String value from showOptionDialog

Question

String[] enrollment = {"first Value", "second value"}

int enroll = JOptionPane.showOptionDialog(null,
            "Please select your enrollment:", "Enrollment",
            JOptionPane.DEFAULT_OPTION, JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE, null,
            enrollment, enrollment[1]);

How can I get the value from enroll (like first Value) and compare it in a if statement? Since enroll returns an integer variable.

I dont think this question is a duplicate as marked because I am just trying to get the value inside the integer, store it and compare later.

possible duplicate of [JOptionPane to get password](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8881213/joptionpane-to-get-password) — CoderNeji, Jul 06 '15 at 05:52

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 06 '15 at 05:56

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You may have to do something like this in your if/else checking

  if (enroll != JOptionPane.CLOSED_OPTION) {
      System.out.println(enrollment [enroll ]);
    } else {
      System.out.println("No option selected".);
    }

answered Jul 06 '15 at 05:56

Garry

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so this is what I am trying to achieve `if ( first value && somethingElseHere < integer ){` `do something}` how can I store the value inside enroll to compare it with an integer? – Maddy Jul 06 '15 at 05:57
So basically enroll stores option from enrolment which can either be `first Value` or `second value`. But since enroll is an integer value, I cannot compare the actual value (that being `first value` or `second value`). Is there a way I can get the actual values from enroll on selecting it from the dialog box. ? I hope that was a bit more clear? – Maddy Jul 06 '15 at 06:09
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returned 'enroll' will be the index for the selected option from the two. If enroll is 0 first value is selected if enroll is 1 second value is selected. Thats it. – Garry Jul 06 '15 at 06:10
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so this resolves your issue or there is something else? – Garry Jul 06 '15 at 06:55
Great...Kindly accept this is an answer if it helped. – Garry Jul 06 '15 at 07:11

Maddy · Answer 2 · 2015-07-06T06:52:10.443

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if (enroll == 0) {    // 0 here is the first thing in the enrolment array
     // do something

}

edited Jul 06 '15 at 06:52

answered Jul 06 '15 at 06:14

Maddy

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`if (enroll == 0) { }` don't use `=` for comparison – dly Jul 06 '15 at 06:26

Get String value from showOptionDialog

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