Return Statements problem

[adi bashir]

i need to return the ASCII value of the argument passed in the StringtoIntfunc(). But i am not getting the real ASCII values and i think the problem is with the return statements? please help.

public class StringIntfc
{
	public int[] StringtoIntfunc(String s)
	{
		int j =0;
		int k[] = new int[20];
		for(int i=0;i<s.length();++i)
		{
			char c = s.charAt( i );
			j = (int) c;
			k[i] = j;
		}
		return k;
	}
}


public class StringIntTest
{
	public static void main(String[] ar)
	{
		int ret[] = new int[4];
		StringIntfc a = new StringIntfc();
		ret = a.StringtoIntfunc("123");
		System.out.println("return value is:" + ret);
	}
}

[Darryl Burke]

adi, please CarefullyChooseOneForum and UseOneThreadPerQuestion. The other thread you started in Java in General has been locked.

[adi bashir]

i didnt got the response and so i posted it double. sorry but please help me out

[Darryl Burke]

You're printing the return value, which is an array. What you see is the String returned from the array's toString() which is inherited form Object.

If you want to print the contents of the array, you have to either iterate over the array or use the appropriate method of the java.util.Arrays utility class.

[Thakur Sachin Singh]

1.you are uusing int[] return type from your function but in return statement you return only single value...change your return statement.

2. your method is wrong way, use Array class for better solution.

[adi bashir]

which return statement to use? can you please elaborate a little more?

[Thakur Sachin Singh]

in function you declare int[20] and below code when you save return values in other int array, it is declare only int[4], first change this thing, after that you must be iterate all value in the array when you want to print all ascci values in main method.