Create 1d array from 2d array

[Episkey]

Hey im working on a code where i need to get a certain column of a 2d array and create a 1d array with the information.

The information im using is a product list in an aray in thsi format [barcode][price][stock]

Now i need to grab the bar codes of the files that are under a certain stock.

I have so far manged to get my code to output the barcodes that are understocked but cannot work out how to put them into an array.

Heres my code so far:

public long[] understockedProductBarcodes(){
		long minStockLevel = 500;
                int maxElements = productBarcodeList.length;
		long[] understockedBarcode;
		understockedBarcode = new long[maxElements];
		int totalColumns = 3;
		int r = 0;
		int c = 0;
		for (r = 0; r < productBarcodeList.length; r++){
			for (c = 2; c < totalColumns; c++){
				if (productBarcodeList[r][c] > 0){
					if (productBarcodeList [r][c] < minStockLevel){
						System.out.println(productBarcodeList[r][0]);
					}
				}
			}
		}
		return understockedBarcode;
	}

[Philip M]

This is the JavaScript forum. Java and Javascript are entirely different programming languages, in spite of the confusingly similar names. Rather like Austria and Australia!

Ask a mod to move this thread over to the correct forum.

[Fou-Lu]

All you need to do is add them to your array.

How did you get this array in the first place? This seems a prime for moving into an Object (as java is an OO language afterall), and use collections:

public class Item
{
    private long barcode;
    private long price; // maybe a float?  Just going by the array you have.
    private long stock;

    // Setup your accessors and mutators

    public boolean isUnderstocked(long toStock)
    {
        return (this.stock - toStock) <= 0;
    }
}

//...
public Vector<Item> understockedProduct(long toStock)
{
    Vector<Item> v = new Vector<Item>();
    for (Item i : yourItemCollection)
    {
        if (i.isUnderstocked(toStock))
        {
            v.add(i);
        }
    }
    return v;
} 

Just seems easier to treat these as objects instead of three dimensional arrays.