It is not entirely intuitive to me (yet), but through your guidance I can now understand how to get this to work. As long as I instantiate my StrRecord instance variable "Id", by setting it equal to a previously created local variable (even if it has a null value) , I am OK.
thank you so much for your help!! Jim On Sep 26, 7:02 pm, Mark Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > gymshoe wrote: > > But in my main Activity, I do create a variable "me" of type Person2, > > and "me" is supposed to be created with a field known as "Id" of type > > StrRecord. So shouldn't "Id" be created at the same time as "me"? If > > so, then I should be able to access "me.Id". > > Not in Java. > > > Moreover, if I change the field "Id" of type StrRecord to be field > > "Id" of type String, it works fine, even though I never created the > > new string specifically... > > Because you're setting the String, not manipulating the contents of the > String. > > Leastways, I'm assuming you mean you change it to: > > String foo; > > and later call: > > foo="bar"; > > It does not matter what foo was or wasn't -- at the time of the > assignment, the prior contents of foo (if any) are replaced by the > static string "bar". > > > Finally, If you are right, I don't see how I can call "new > > StrRecord()" without creating a new variable which is different then > > the "Id" field, and it is the "Id" field that I am trying to assign... > > StrRecord Id=new StrRecord(); > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy)http://commonsware.com > Warescription: All titles, revisions, & ebook formats, just $35/year --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
