Mortgage Calculator Help

Hi I am taking a programming class and it requires me to write a java program to calculate mortgage with a GUI.
Here is what I have so far. Where did I go wrong?

Thanks in advance!

Code:

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import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;

public class Calculator extends JFrame implements ActionListener {
private JPanel panelAdder;
private JLabel labela;
private JLabel labelt;
private JLabel labelr;
private JTextField textFieldAmount;
private JTextField textFieldTerm;
private JTextField textFieldRate;
private JTextField textFieldResult;
private JButton buttonCalc;

public Calculator() {
  initComponents();
  setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
  setVisible(true);
  pack();

  // Add Listeners
  buttonCalc.addActionListener(this);
}

public void initComponents() {
 //Initialize Components
 panelAdder = new JPanel();
 labela = new JLabel("Amount");
 textFieldAmount = new JTextField();
 labelt = new JLabel("Term");
 textFieldTerm = new JTextField();
 labelr = new JLabel("Rate");
 textFieldRate = new JTextField();
 textFieldResult = new JTextField();
 buttonCalc = new JButton("Calculate");

 //Set Object Attributes
 textFieldResult.setEditable(false);
 textFieldResult.setColumns(8);
 textFieldAmount.setColumns(6);
 textFieldTerm.setColumns(2);
 textFieldRate.setColumns(2);

 Container contentPane = getContentPane();
 contentPane.setLayout(new FlowLayout());

 //Lets add the components to the panel
 panelAdder.add(labela);
 panelAdder.add(textFieldAmount);
 panelAdder.add(labelt);
 panelAdder.add(textFieldTerm);
 panelAdder.add(labelr);
 panelAdder.add(textFieldRate);
 panelAdder.add(buttonCalc);
 panelAdder.add(textFieldResult);

 contentPane.add(panelAdder);
}

public static void main(String[] args) {
  Calculator frame = new Calculator();
}

private void setResultValue() {
  double amount = Integer.parseInt(textFieldAmount.getText());
  double term = Integer.parseInt(textFieldTerm.getText());
  double rate = Integer.parseInt(textFieldRate.getText()) / 100.;
  double result = amount * ( rate * Math.pow ( ( 1 + rate ), term ) ) / ( Math.pow( ( 1 + rate ), term ) - 1 );

  textFieldResult.setText(Double.toString(result));
}

public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
  System.out.println("Action Button");
  String command = event.getActionCommand();
  if (command == "Calculate") {
      setResultValue();
  }
}
}

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Where did I go wrong?

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I don't know. What is it doing that you don't expect? What are you expecting it to do that it doesn't? Any error messages when you run it? Any error messages when you compile?

Also, when you post code, please post it between [code] and [/code] tags (you can use the "code" button on the message posting screen). It makes your code much easier to read.

P.S. Re:

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if (command == "Calculate") {
    setResultValue();
}

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Don't confuse String's equals() method with the equality operator '=='. The == operator checks that two references refer to the same object. If you want to compare the contents of Strings (whether two strings contain the same character sequence), use equals(), e.g. if (str1.equals(str2))...

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if ("Calculate".equals(command)) {
    setResultValue();
}

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But more typically, if you just want to know if a particular button was pressed...

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public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
    if (event.getSource() == buttonCalc) {
        setResultValue();
    }
}

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Thanks for the superfast response.
It compiles without errors but when I run the program, input the numbers, it gives errors.

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when I run the program, input the numbers, it gives errors.

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Ahem. What errors? Please describe in detail what you're doing, what you expect to happen, and what you actually observe. If you have an error message, post the exact, complete error along with a full stack trace, if possible.

P.S. If you're not entering the rate as an integer value (e.g., no decimal points), you're going to have problems...

Im sorry, I'm just really frustrated that I have been working on this for hours and I dont even know what I am typing.

anyways...

after running the program and enterning in amount, term, and rate, I am getting

java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: "5.35"

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Originally Posted by yawmark

P.S. If you're not entering the rate as an integer value (e.g., no decimal points), you're going to have problems...

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You have found my problem before I even posted.

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java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: "5.35"

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Since you're using Integer.parseInt() to parse this string value, it should be pretty clear what's going wrong. You're trying to parse an int value from a string representation of a floating-point value.

Have a look at the API for a class that can parse double values...

Change this line of code

double amount = Integer.parseInt(textFieldAmount.getText());

to

double amount = Double.parseDouble (textFieldAmount.getText());

This will work. Change it for the rate as well.