sorry bout the double post but its both academic and computer related.

im looking for software to compile and run java for class at home, and textpad is being gay, any ideas

try netbeans I believe it will compile and run.. been awhile since I messed with Java though

All you need is a text editor and the Java Development Kit.
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download.jsp

Textpad is not actually a java compiler, it only sends your files to the native java compiler, which it should do automatically if you installed the JDK. Using Textpad's compile command is no different than just typing "javac Filename.java" from the command line.

Textpad is horrible, try using eclipse.

What exactly do you dislike about TextPad? I'm rather fond of it, and use a similar program (jEdit) to do all my PHP/C++ work. I am unfamiliar with Java, however, I was introduced to TextPad by a Java, SQL, and PL/SQL guru (who used it extensively).

Maybe the fact that it costs money for a mediocre text editor, has crashed on me, and I see no reasons why it is considered good. Maybe it is just because windows users are not used to having good text editors.

Pay $30 for textpad and then tell me you like it.

$30 for a text editor is a fucking ripoff.

SubEthaEdit FTW...free and good.

I thought SubEthaEdit was only for macs in which case you might as well use Xcode.

Xcode is too bloated for the simple, useless crap you do in 151

I love subethaedit for the network editing. But as a standalone editor it is still great.

ok so moving on from the getting a book issue to writing my first program from scratch..

i need to take user input and output parts of that string.

only i cant figure out how to get the user to input a string and after i do that i have to take that string and display it backward

so user inputs

1234
and i need to output
4321


so for now any help i can get on getting user input to a string would be appreciated

Google is your friend.

http://www.devdaily.com/java/edu/pj/pj0 ... ndex.shtml
http://www.cs.geneseo.edu/~baldwin/refe ... rings.html (see charAt)

yea i kinda figured it out after dicking around lots.

now im getting a stupid error, which shouldnt be an error but w/e ive almost got it

k so how do i create a string out of chars... i tried

String text = a + b + c;

where a, b, c are all chars

but it doesnt work

I hope you know that its supposed to be four words separated by '*' like

monkey*dog*elephant*tiger