在多维数组中搜索String

时间:2011-03-02 17:57:00

标签: java arrays search

我有一个类型为String,double和float的数组,我需要能够在其中搜索String。我尝试进行二分查找,但是当我运行程序并尝试搜索时出现以下错误:

java.lang.ClassCastException: java.lang.String cannot be cast to Customer
    at Customer.compareTo(prog4.java:1)
    at java.util.Arrays.binarySearch0(Unknown Source)
    at java.util.Arrays.binarySearch(Unknown Source)
    at prog4.main(prog4.java:59)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at edu.rice.cs.drjava.model.compiler.JavacCompiler.runCommand(JavacCompiler.java:271)

我还没有找到任何其他搜索3d数组的方法,所以非常感谢任何帮助。

这是我的代码:

case 'b':
      System.out.println();
      System.out.println("Please enter a customer name:");

      String search = kb.nextLine(); //read the user's search
      int place; //location of result

      Arrays.sort(A);

      place = Arrays.binarySearch(A, search);

      if (place <= 0)
        System.out.println("Cannot find customer named " + search);
     else
     {
       System.out.println("Customer found:");  
       System.out.println(A[place]);
     }

            break;

2 个答案:

答案 0 :(得分:1)

您可能希望使用Map()

,而不是使用数组
Customer myCust = customers.get(search);

另一种选择是创建一个新客户

Customer searchCust = new Customer(search);

place = Arrays.binarySearch(A,searchCust);

要在最后一节正确找到客户,您需要实现Comparable接口:

                                 // add this
public class Customer implements Comparable<Customer> {

    // add this guy
    public int compareTo(Customer other) {
        return this.name.compareTo(other.name); // I'm assuming 'name' is the variable of the name
    }

}

或者您可以使用@ spinttheblack的帖子中定义的比较器。

答案 1 :(得分:1)

看起来你正在传递一个Customer数组并搜索一个字符串。

除了glowcoder的解决方案(创建虚拟客户)之外,您可能还需要覆盖Customer的compareTo方法。即,

class Customer{
     compareTo(Object o1, Object o2){
            return ((Customer)o1).getStringField().compareTo(((Customer)o2).getStringField())
     }
}