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funky
funky

Reputation: 131

Match user input with string

this is more than likely a very simple thing to do so I apologise if it is, but I cannot seem to implement it.

I am trying to check what a user types into a editText field and compare it against a hard coded string.

Here is the string that I want to compare against -

OverlayItem overlayitem = new OverlayItem(point,"House Information",
"4 Bed w/ large garden\n2 minute walk from Town Centre\nSchools 5 minute walk\n€300,000");

Here is my editText field -

<!-- Number of rooms text field -->
<EditText
    android:id="@+id/numberRooms"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:hint="No. of rooms"
    android:imeActionLabel="launch"
    android:inputType="number" />

I want to be able to check what the user types against the "4" in the string. Here is what I have attempted so far -

EditText numberOfRooms = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.numberRooms);
if(overlayitem.equals(numberOfRooms.getText().toString()))
{
    itemizedoverlay.addOverlay(overlayitem);
}

So basically I don't want to compare the whole string, I just want to compare what the user enters to the first character in the string, which in this case will always be a number.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 455

Answers (2)

Radoslav
Radoslav

Reputation: 1455

Try:

    String rooms = overlayitem.getSnippet().substring(0,2);
      rooms = rooms.trim();
    if(rooms.equals(numberOfRooms.getText().toString()))
    {
        //Do whatever you want
    }

Upvotes: 1

Tomer B
Tomer B

Reputation: 5475

overlayitem is not a String. You might want to compare overlayitem.getTitle() or overlayitem.getSnippet() instead:

overlayitem.getTitle().equals(numberOfRooms.getText().toString())

Upvotes: 0

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