how to get text from textview
I haven't tested this - but it should give you a general idea of the direction you need to take.
For this to work, I'm going to assume a few things about the text of the TextView
:
- The
TextView
consists of lines delimited with"\n"
. - The first line will not include an operator (+, -, * or /).
- After the first line there can be a variable number of lines in the
TextView
which will all include one operator and one number. - An operator will allways be the first
Char
of a line.
First we get the text:
String input = tv1.getText().toString();
Then we split it up for each line:
String[] lines = input.split( "\n" );
Now we need to calculate the total value:
int total = Integer.parseInt( lines[0].trim() ); //We know this is a number.
for( int i = 1; i < lines.length(); i++ ) {
total = calculate( lines[i].trim(), total );
}
The method calculate should look like this, assuming that we know the first Char
of a line is the operator:
private int calculate( String input, int total ) {
switch( input.charAt( 0 ) )
case '+':
return total + Integer.parseInt( input.substring( 1, input.length() );
case '-':
return total - Integer.parseInt( input.substring( 1, input.length() );
case '*':
return total * Integer.parseInt( input.substring( 1, input.length() );
case '/':
return total / Integer.parseInt( input.substring( 1, input.length() );
}
EDIT
So the above as stated in the comment below does "left-to-right" calculation, ignoring the normal order ( + and / before + and -).
The following does the calculation the right way:
String input = tv1.getText().toString();
input = input.replace( "\n", "" );
input = input.replace( " ", "" );
int total = getValue( input );
The method getValue
is a recursive method and it should look like this:
private int getValue( String line ) {
int value = 0;
if( line.contains( "+" ) ) {
String[] lines = line.split( "\\+" );
value += getValue( lines[0] );
for( int i = 1; i < lines.length; i++ )
value += getValue( lines[i] );
return value;
}
if( line.contains( "-" ) ) {
String[] lines = line.split( "\\-" );
value += getValue( lines[0] );
for( int i = 1; i < lines.length; i++ )
value -= getValue( lines[i] );
return value;
}
if( line.contains( "*" ) ) {
String[] lines = line.split( "\\*" );
value += getValue( lines[0] );
for( int i = 1; i < lines.length; i++ )
value *= getValue( lines[i] );
return value;
}
if( line.contains( "/" ) ) {
String[] lines = line.split( "\\/" );
value += getValue( lines[0] );
for( int i = 1; i < lines.length; i++ )
value /= getValue( lines[i] );
return value;
}
return Integer.parseInt( line );
}
Special cases that the recursive method does not handle:
- If the first number is negative e.g. -3+5*8.
- Double operators e.g. 3*-6 or 5/-4.
Also the fact the we're using Integers
might give some "odd" results in some cases as e.g. 5/3 = 1.
split with the + sign like this way
String a = tv.getText().toString();
String aa[];
if(a.contains("+"))
aa = a.split("+");
now convert the array
Integer.parseInt(aa[0]); // and so on