Create variable from the click of the button

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I would like to know how I can get text that is in a EditText after I click a button, and this value is stored in a new variable, clear my EditText, and perform the same action again, so storing the values on different variables, and then perform a calculation, my big question is to store each value in a variable for different time, appreciate if someone can help! Thank you.

This is very vague. Why different variables? Use a list / array. Show what you have so far. — Connor Tumbleson
– Connor Tumbleson, Commented Mar 24, 2013 at 0:39

ElefantPhace · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-24 00:45:08Z

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Button myButton = (Button)findViewById(R.id.BUTTON_ID);
EditText myEditText = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.EDITTEXT_ID);
myButton.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener(){
    public void onClick(View v){
        String myText = myEditText.getText().toString();
        //do whatever with myText;
        myEditText.setText("");
    }
});

Where BUTTON_ID and EDITTEXT_ID are the id's assigned to each respectively in your XML file

edited Mar 24, 2013 at 0:45

answered Mar 24, 2013 at 0:39

ElefantPhace

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David Manpearl Over a year ago

Excellent. And in just minutes.

Robert Over a year ago

Sorry, my English is bad and I can not express myself directly, I'll try to explain better Every time I click a button I want to get the value of an EditText (so far so good), so that each time I perform the I click need to store the value in a different variable, that's my problem

ElefantPhace Over a year ago

You could simply change the above to an array of Strings, which would be much easier to deal with

SeKa Over a year ago

@Robert Instead of thinking about "storing the value in a different variable", it's easier to think of it as "adding the new value to a collection variable". As suggested by others, a String array or a List of Strings could be a good fit.

Raghunandan · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-24 06:51:10Z

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ArrayList listString = new ArrayList();

Button myButton = (Button)findViewById(R.id.BUTTON_ID);
EditText myEditText = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.EDITTEXT_ID);
myButton.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener(){
public void onClick(View v){
    listString.add(myEditText.getText().toString());
    myEditText.setText("");
}
});

Get String Values

for(int i=0;i<listString.size();i++)
{
           System.out.println("String values..."+listString.get(i).toString());
}

answered Mar 24, 2013 at 6:51

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