method

>>array of classes

Do you mean that, or an array of objects?

If your array is called "myArray" you could do:



public Integer [] getAllNumbers(Integer myArray, int number)
{
    List list = new ArrayList();

    for (int counter=0; counter<myArray.length; counter++)
    {
        if ( ((Integer) myArray[i]).intValue() == number)
        {
            list.add(myArray[i]);
        }
    }

    return list.toArray();
}

If you use any other types just replace the "Integer" with the type you want.

>>Do you mean that, or an array of objects?
I mean an array of a class I created.. it has integer attributes and strings and boolean ..
But this method should only invlove the integer

>>I mean an array of a class I created..

OK. The code i  posted should work then. 'comparedInt' would be the input to the method

would those example work for that?

>>the method should return all the elements of the array that have an integer equal to the entered integer.
CEHJ
it should return the element of the array i.e instance

>>equalIntegers.add(new Integer(i));
equalIntegers.add(instances[i]);

A sample code:

Object [] myArray = new Object[3];
myArray[0] = "hey";
myArray[1] = new Boolean(true);
myArray[2] = new Integer(1);

Object [] resultArray = getAllNumbers(myArray, 1);
System.out.println("numbers equal found:");
for (int counter=0; counter<resultArray.length; counter++)
{
    System.out.println(((Integer) resultArray[i]).intValue());
}
...
...
public Object [] getAllNumbers(Object myArray, int number)
{
    List list = new ArrayList();

    for (int counter=0; counter<myArray.length; counter++)
    {
        if (myArray[i] instanceof Integer)
        {
            if ( ((Integer) myArray[i]).intValue() == number)
            {
                list.add(myArray[i]);
            }
        }
    }

    return list.toArray();
}

>>OK. The code i  posted should work then. 'comparedInt' would be the input to the method

Cehj my array isnt a list. Does that make any difference or would it still work?

>>equalIntegers.add(new Integer(i));

Cehj this only returns the integer right? I need it to return the whole class with the matching integer

girionis do I just replace Object with my class in:

public Object [] getAllNumbers(Object myArray, int number)
???

> I need it to return the whole class with the matching integer

The method I posted above will return all the objects that have matching integer attribute.

> girionis do I just replace Object with my class in:

Yes you do, you will also need to do the appropriate casting when you receive the array.

>>The method I posted above will return all the objects that have matching integer attribute
yep that worked great objects :)

thank you everyone..  girionis answered first with what I wanted, so  girionis should get the accepted answer :)
but everyones help is greatly appritiated

>>Cehj my array isnt a list. Does that make any difference or would it still work?

That doesn't matter. My example uses the source array and then adds to a List

>>the method should return all the elements of the array that have an integer equal to the entered integer.

You can amend my example to either

a. return the array indexes

List equalIntegers = new ArrayList();
int comparedInt = ...
for(int i = 0;i < instances.length;i++) {
      int instanceInt = instances[i].getIntegerAttribute();
      if (instanceInt == comparedInt) {
            equalIntegers.add(new Integer(i));
      }
}
System.out.println(equalIntegers);

or

b. Add the object references to the List

List equalIntegerObjects = new ArrayList();
int comparedInt = ...
for(int i = 0;i < instances.length;i++) {
      int instanceInt = instances[i].getIntegerAttribute();
      if (instanceInt == comparedInt) {
            equalIntegerObjects.add(instances[i]);
      }
}

8-)

thanks CEHJ:)

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