SOURCE CODE FILES FOR KidArray2 EXAMPLES

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/**
 * Project KidArray2
 * Class Main
 * 
 * Comments are intentionally omitted from this example.
 */

import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;
public class Main
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        String kidStrings[] =
            {"Jane,F,29",
             "Tom,M,31",
             "Susan,F,28",
             "Bill,M,35",
             "Karen,F,34"};
        Kid[] kid = new Kid[kidStrings.length];
        int i, anAge, soughtAge;
        String aName, soughtName;
        char aGender;
        StringTokenizer st;
    
        for(i = 0; i < kidStrings.length; i++)
        {
            st = new StringTokenizer(kidStrings[i], ",");
            aName = st.nextToken();
            aGender = st.nextToken().charAt(0);
            anAge = Integer.parseInt(st.nextToken());
            kid[i] = new Kid(aName, aGender, anAge);
        }
    
        for(i = 0; i < kid.length; i++)
            System.out.println(kid[i]);
            
        soughtName = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(
            "Enter a name.");
        while(soughtName != null)
        {
            soughtAge = -1;
            for(i = 0; i < kid.length; i++)
                if(kid[i].getName().equals(soughtName))
                {
                    soughtAge = kid[i].getAge();
                    System.out.println(
                        "The age of " + soughtName +
                        " is " + soughtAge + ".");
                }
            if (soughtAge < 0)
                System.out.println("The name " +
                    soughtName + " not found.");
            soughtName = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(
               "Enter a name.");
        }
    }
}

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/**
 * Project KidArray2
 * Class Kid
 */

public class Kid
{
    // Private instance variables.
    private String name;
    private char gender;
    private int age;
        
    // Parameterized constructor, which 
    // performs data validation.
    public Kid(String aName, char aGender, int anAge)
    {
        name = aName;
        gender = aGender;
        age = anAge;
    }
            
    // Accessor method for name.
    public String getName()
    {
        return name;
    }
    
    // Accessor method for gender.
    public char getGender()
    {
        return gender;
    }
    
    // Accessor method for name.
    public int getAge()
    {
        return age;
    }
    
    // toString method returns object
    // information as a string.
    public String toString()
    {
        return name + " " + gender + " " + age;
    }
}

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