can i do this in a loop?

[metalinc]

if(a.charAt(i)!= tab[0] && a.charAt(i)!= tab[1] && a.charAt(i)!= tab[2]
                     && a.charAt(i)!= tab[3] 
                     && a.charAt(i)!= tab[4]  
                     && a.charAt(i)!= tab[5]
                     && a.charAt(i)!= tab[6] 
                     && a.charAt(i)!= tab[7]  
                     && a.charAt(i)!= tab[8]
                     && a.charAt(i)!= tab[9] 
                     && a.charAt(i)!= tab[10]  
                     && a.charAt(i)!= tab[11]
                     && a.charAt(i)!= tab[12] 
                     && a.charAt(i)!= tab[13] 
                     && a.charAt(i)!= tab[14] 
                     && a.charAt(i)!= tab[15] 
                     && a.charAt(i)!= tab[16] 
                     && a.charAt(i)!= tab[17]
                     && a.charAt(i)!= tab[18] 
                     && a.charAt(i)!= tab[19] 
                     && a.charAt(i)!= tab[20]
                     && a.charAt(i)!= tab[21] 
                     && a.charAt(i)!= tab[22]
                     && a.charAt(i)!= tab[23]
                     && a.charAt(i)!= tab[24]
                     && a.charAt(i)!= tab[25])
                    b+=a.charAt(i);

[r035198x]

What loop? Don't be too lazy even to describe your problem clearly.

[metalinc]

sorry...
i'm comparing 'a.charAt(i)' with the char in array 'tab[]'.
if all 'tab[0-25]' is not equal 'a.charAt(i)' then b += a.charAt(i).

i want to know whether, i compare them in a loop, so i don't need so many lines of code comparing tab[0] to tab[25]?

sorry again....

[r035198x]

sorry...
i'm comparing 'a.charAt(i)' with the char in array 'tab[]'.
if all 'tab[0-25]' is not equal 'a.charAt(i)' then b += a.charAt(i).

i want to know whether, i compare them in a loop, so i don't need so many lines of code comparing tab[0] to tab[25]?

sorry again....

Google "Java for-loop tutorial"

[JosAH]

Hint: just create a small method for this: if a character *does* match one of the
characters in that array then *don't* do what you would do otherwise:

[code=java]
private boolean isMatch(char c, char[] a) {
for (int i= 0; i < a.length; i++)
if (a[i] == c) return true;
return false;
}
[/code]

kind regards,

Jos

[metalinc]

thanks Jos, i got it....