building array in eclipse to pass to studio

[PLUCKYHD]

Okay I am having issues building an array and passing it through to sage.

I think the issue in in my do..while statements. I know I am setting a max of 2 elements but I am just trying to test it for now.

code

I am sure I am missing something again...

TIA

[jreichen]

I don't code for Studio and haven't used GetMediaFileMetadata, but it looks like you're expecting it to return a string that consists of a set of tags that are separated by semicolons.

Assuming that, you're making it harder for yourself than it needs to be Try this.

String [] tagArray = null;
String mediaTags = MediaFileAPI.GetMediaFileMetadata(mediaObject, "MediaTags");
if (mediaTags != null)
{
    tagArray = mediaTags.split(";");
}
return tagArray;

[PLUCKYHD]

WOW talk about a helping hand they are actually they are seperated by ;;

so is there are call to get between ; and ; ?

if not I will change the format maybe.

[PLUCKYHD]

can I just call split (";*;") ?

edited:that seems to works

thanks 100%

i still would like to know if I had my do while statements correct?

[stanger89]

They'd work, and (well I guess I am) not to critique coding style, but I'd use a for loop:

for ( int i = 0; i < 2, i++){
   TagArray[i] = amediatag;
   System.out.println("stuff")
   ...
}

A do-while is really for when you don't know how many times you need to loop (ie you're comparing i to a variable/parameter), but you know you want to do it at least once, regardless of the result of the "test" in the while.

[PLUCKYHD]

Originally Posted by stanger89

They'd work, and (well I guess I am) not to critique coding style, but I'd use a for loop:

for ( int i = 0; i < 2, i++){
   TagArray[i] = amediatag;
   System.out.println("stuff")
   ...
}

A do-while is really for when you don't know how many times you need to loop (ie you're comparing i to a variable/parameter), but you know you want to do it at least once, regardless of the result of the "test" in the while.

Correct and that is what I wanted to achieve the 2 variable was just for quick testing I wanted a loop that that number of times could change. I am definately open to critque as I am learning

[jreichen]

Originally Posted by PLUCKYHD

WOW talk about a helping hand they are actually they are seperated by ;;

so is there are call to get between ; and ; ?

if not I will change the format maybe.

I don't quite follow but it sounds like you got it working so no need to explain further unless you need more help. Depending on the string and delimiter, sometimes you might end up with nulls or empty strings in the array. If you run into that, post an example mediaTags string and I'll help you clean it up.

I rarely find the need to use a do/while loop. for and while loops can usually handle whatever I need.

[PLUCKYHD]

Okay dumb question is a String[] basically and array of strings?

[jreichen]

That's exactly what it is

If you're interested in learning more about Java, Sun's tutorial is a good reference. Start with a few of the basic topics, you won't need a lot of the advanced ones. And the Collections topic would help explain some of the concepts with arrays, lists, etc.

And as always feel free to keep asking questions here