How do you take a negative in through...

[Parin]

I am trying to write a program that takes in a double (x)and an integer (n) and returns x^n. The problem I run into is input a negative number, either for x or n. Is this code sufficient? (assuming I have imported the necessary packages)

String userInput = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Please enter x");
double x = Double.parseDouble(userInput);

userInput = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Please enter n");
int n = Integer.parseInt(userInput);

If there is an easier way of taking in a negative using JOptionPane, I would LOVE to here it.

Thanks for your time.

Parin

[sjalle]

There isn't. You could use the version of JInput Dialog
that takes, and returns an Object (Double in your case).
If it's simpler is another question though

[Parin]

Ahh that may very well work. Thank ya kindly =)

[Parin]

Actually, after running many-a-tests I have concluded that it does indeed take in the negative and parses it.

[sjalle]

Of course but the issue was simplification, wasn't it ?