CODEWITHSUNDEEP
java
name
name

Reputation: 419

Another way to print my method?

My program works. I was just wondering if there was a way for me to print my table by actually returning a string, and not just using System.out.print. In other words, I want to know if instead of having return null I can return a string that prints out my table. 

  /**
     * Print the magic square in table form.
     */
public String toString() {

    for (int row = 0; row < (magicSquare.length); row++) {
        // row gets #row
        System.out.print("\t");
        for (int column = 0; column < (magicSquare[row].length); column++) {
            //column gets #column 
            System.out.print(magicSquare[row][column] + "\t");

            // when all column has been completed make new line
            if (column == size - 1) {
                System.out.print("\n");
            }

        }
        System.out.print("\n");

    }

    return null;
}

Upvotes: 0

Views: 55

Answers (1)

MadProgrammer
MadProgrammer

Reputation: 347194

The short answer is, yes you can. The long answer would involve replacing the System.out.print statements with something like StringBuilder, for example...

public String toString() {

    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(64);

    for (int row = 0; row < (magicSquare.length); row++) {
        // row gets #row
        sb.append("\t");
        for (int column = 0; column < (magicSquare[row].length); column++) {
            //column gets #column 
            sb.append(magicSquare[row][column] + "\t");

            // when all column has been completed make new line
            if (column == size - 1) {
                sb.append("\n");
            }

        }
        sb.append("\n");

    }

    return sb.toString();
}

Upvotes: 2

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