And Yet Another homework question

[Richard Chambers]

First pseudocode:

A-1-2-10)IF (myFields[indexForAccountType].equals(CheckingAccount.getAccountType()))
A-1-2-11)INSTANTIATE a local variable named currentAccount of class CheckingAccount, passing the following arguments:
A-1-2-12)myFields[indexForAccountId], myFields[indexForFirstName], myFields[indexForLastName],
A-1-2-13)Double.parseDouble(myFields[indexForBalance])
A-1-2-14)CALL method handleAccount of this class, passing the following arguments: currentAccount, myFile, myFields
A-1-2-15)ASSIGN null TO currentAccount
 
 

Now what I have (obviously wrong):

    
if
                           (myFields[indexForAccountType].equals(CheckingAccount.getAccountType()))
                               {
                               CheckingAccount currentAccount = new CheckingAccount(myFields[indexForAccountId], myFields[indexForFirstName], myFields[indexForLastName], Double.parseDouble (myFields[indexForBalance]));
                               handleAccount(currentAccount, myFile, myFields);
                                    currentAccount = null;
                                }
 
 

I'm stuck. I "think" it's not liking the Double.parseDouble part,
but thats my uneducated guess.

Also, what exactly does the Double.parseDouble do?
I thought it read a String and converted it to a double,
but the indexForBalance is a static final int field.
Actually, all the parameters are static final int fields.
This coding is in the main method and all the fields are declared
and initialized in this class file.

Thanks
[ April 08, 2008: Message edited by: Richard Chambers ]

[marc weber]

Originally posted by Richard Chambers:
... I thought it read a String and converted it to a double, but the indexForBalance is a static final int field. Actually, all the parameters are static final int fields...

"indexForBalance" might be an int, but "myFields[indexForBalance]" is a reference to whatever is in the array myFields at the index represented by indexForBalance. I'm guessing myFields is a String array.

(By the way, identifiers for static final fields are conventionally written in uppercase with underscores. For example, INDEX_FOR_BALANCE.)

Are you getting a compiler error? If so, what is it?