I am doing a task where I need to create a 3×4 GridLayout with 12 buttons. The task is when I click any of the buttons, all other buttons change the value to 1. Now, this is how I did it:
JavaScript
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JFrame frame=new JFrame();
frame.setSize(300,200);
frame.setLayout(new GridLayout(3,4));
JButton b1=new JButton("1");
JButton b2=new JButton("2");
JButton b3=new JButton("3");
JButton b4=new JButton("4");
JButton b5=new JButton("5");
JButton b6=new JButton("6");
JButton b7=new JButton("7");
JButton b8=new JButton("8");
JButton b9=new JButton("9");
JButton b10=new JButton("10");
JButton b11=new JButton("11");
JButton b12=new JButton("12");
b1.addActionListener(lambdaExpression -> {
b2.setText("1");
b3.setText("1");
b4.setText("1");
b5.setText("1");
b6.setText("1");
b7.setText("1");
b8.setText("1");
b9.setText("1");
b10.setText("1");
b11.setText("1");
b12.setText("1");
});
b2.addActionListener(lambdaExpression -> {
b1.setText("1");
b3.setText("1");
b4.setText("1");
b5.setText("1");
b6.setText("1");
b7.setText("1");
b8.setText("1");
b9.setText("1");
b10.setText("1");
b11.setText("1");
b12.setText("1");
});
b3.addActionListener(lambdaExpression -> {
b1.setText("1");
b2.setText("1");
b4.setText("1");
b5.setText("1");
b6.setText("1");
b7.setText("1");
b8.setText("1");
b9.setText("1");
b10.setText("1");
b11.setText("1");
b12.setText("1");
});
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frame.add(b1);
frame.add(b2);
frame.add(b3);
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frame.pack();
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(frame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setVisible(true);
My question is – is there a faster way to do this than just copying the same lines 12 times? I am fairly new at programming in Java, so any insight would be helpful, thank you!
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Answer
Putting your buttons in an array can help a lot
JavaScript
final JButton[] buttons = new JButton[12];
final ActionListener myListener = new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
for (int i = 0; i < buttons.length; i++) {
if (buttons[i] != ae.getSource()) {
buttons[i].setText("1");
}
}
}
}
for (int i = 0; i < 12; i++) {
buttons[i] = new JButton();
buttons[i].setName("Button " + (i + 1));
buttons[i].addActionListener(myListener);
}