String Selection issues

[itzashwin]

Hi,

I am writing a piece of code wherein i am facing certain issues.Kindly guide me.

My idea/plan:
To search for certain names/keywords and retrieve information from a particular database. Display the same on the mobile screen.

What I've done so far:
As of now , I've created a Form , added a TextField and StringItem (to match the case that i search).

I am able to search and retrieve information from the database. I've displayed the search results in a List so that i can use the "getSelectedIndex" and "isSelected" commands to select the obtained results. After selecting these results , i would want to provide more detail about the selected option.

Issues am facing:
I am unable to select those strings in the List and display further information about the selected data.

Firstly , am on the right path ?
Is this possible (selecting strings inside list) ?

Kindly throw some light into this

Thanks
- Ashwin

[ektasrv]

Issues am facing:
I am unable to select those strings in the List and display further information about the selected data.

Firstly , am on the right path ?
Is this possible (selecting strings inside list) ?

You can use list.getString(list.getSelectedIndex()); to get the selected string from List.

Yes you are on correct path, now you need to make a new search for the selected String and get its details from database or network.

thanks,
Ekta

[roopesh.kumar]

I am unable to select those strings in the List and display further information about the selected data.

Are you able to display the list in the same form?
Can you please give more info on how you are accessing the List.

Firstly , am on the right path ?

I think you are in the right path.

Is this possible (selecting strings inside list) ?
- Ashwin

AFAIK, Yes it is possible.

-Roopesh.

[itzashwin]

Hi Ekta,

Thanks very much for the quick response.

I need something like this, say for example : I have two names - Ashwin and Ashish

As you can see , both names have the first 3 letters common - "Ash"

now i need to put something like an if statement saying "if the string contains or starts with so and so" i need to display the result accordingly.

PS : I have already made a form to display the details of Ashwin and Ashish. So , i can directly call the function Ashwin() or Ashish() after the if statement.

Hope you are getting what i intend to do

- Ashwin

[itzashwin]

Hi Roopesh,

Thanks very much for the quick response.

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Are you able to display the list in the same form?
Can you please give more info on how you are accessing the List.
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After i search from the database, i've made a list to display those results. Now i need to select those strings from this list and display more detail about the selected option. String selection is where i am facing a problem.

Also , Please refer my reply to Ekta , i've provided more details.

Hope you are getting what i intend to do. Please let me know if you are not.

- Ashwin

[roopesh.kumar]

Hi Ashwin,

Now this is what I understood.
*)If u type 'ash' in the Textbox, a List gets appended containing the names Ashwin and Ashish.
*)Now if I select (by clicking Fire key when the corresponding name is focussed) one of those names then another form with corresponding info should get displayed. But this is not happening.

Am I right???

-Roopesh

[itzashwin]

Hi Roopesh,

SPOT ON !! , Kindly help me with the string selection part , so that when i select these options , i can display the necessary info.

Thanks
- Ashwin

[itzashwin]

Just to make things easier , some more info's I would like to share pertaining to my problem.


private List list ;
private Command command;
String[] names = { Ashwin , Ashish , Nokia , Motorola , Samsung , Sony , LG };

{

/*
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.Body of my code
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*/

if (command = list.SELECT_COMMAND)
{

Need the string selection code to fit in here

}
}

[roopesh.kumar]

Hi Ashwin,

Can you please tell me why you are using StingItem??
I guess you are adding just two StringItems with labels 'Ashwin' and 'Ashish' into the Form. Is it??

-Roopesh.

[roopesh.kumar]

if (command = list.SELECT_COMMAND)
{

Need the string selection code to fit in here

}
}

If you are using the above code then, as suggested by Ekta this should work.
list.getString(list.getSelectedIndex());

[itzashwin]

Hi Roopesh,

Am using the StringItem for displaying in such a way that the obtained result cannot be edited. Moreover , its compatible with the Form.

Now i need to put something like an if statement saying "if the string contains or starts with so and so" i need to display the result accordingly. Have a look at the code below , just a blind example ( has no meaning though )

In my example,

if (names.startsWith("Ash") || names.contains("win"))
{
Ashwin();
}
else if (names.startsWith("Ash") || names.contains("ish"))
{
Ashish();
}


It must be something like this, only then i can match up and provide the exact results from my database. Hope you understand.

Thanks
- Ashwin

[roopesh.kumar]

Am using the StringItem for displaying in such a way that the obtained result cannot be edited. Moreover , its compatible with the Form.

Thats fine... But what are you displaying in it??? (Or what is the obtained result).

BTW, try printing something inside the CommandListener and see if you are getting there. Like
if (command = list.SELECT_COMMAND)
{
System.out.print("Coming inside CommandAction");
//Need the string selection code to fit in here
}

[itzashwin]

Hi Roopesh,

All that works fine. The only issue is selecting a string and displaying details about it.

Thanks
-Ashwin

[roopesh.kumar]

Try this and tell me what happens.

if (command = list.SELECT_COMMAND)
{
System.out.println("Selected ListItem is: "+ list.getString(list.getSelectedIndex()));
//Need the string selection code to fit in here
}

[itzashwin]

Hmm , this was what i had in the database.

String[] names = { Ashwin , Ashish , Nokia , Motorola , Samsung , Sony , LG };

I searched for Ash , i obtained the results

Ashish
Ashwin

I selected Ashwin, i obtained the output:

Selected List Item is: Ashwin