@Overide toString with Integer. Then setText to JLabel

Question

expected holds the answer to a math problem.

being a int I am sending toString

   @Override
     public String toString(){
     return Integer.toString(expected);
     }

Then I am setText to a JLabel

 jl.setText(toString());

When the program runs instead of showing the answer it shows the Hash.

I am assuming this has to be with Integer.toString But I am calling it in the toString method.

What am I doing wrong here?

Driver Class

import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.awt.event.*;

import javax.swing.*;

public class Driver extends MathProblems {

    MathProblems problems = new MathProblems();

    String s = "Welcome Students!";
    String b = "Start!";
    private JFrame f;
    private JPanel p;

    JFrame frame = new JFrame();

    JButton b1 = new JButton(b);

    JLabel jl = new JLabel(s);

    int i;

    public Driver () {      
        gui();  
    }

    public void gui() { 
        f = new JFrame("Flash Card Program");       
        p = new JPanel();   
        f.setLayout( new GridLayout( 2, 1 ) );
        f.add(jl);
        f.add(p);
        p.setLayout( new GridLayout( 2, 1 ) );
        p.add(b1);

        jl.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.CENTER);

        // pack the frame for better cross platform support
        f.pack();
        // Make it visible
        f.setVisible(true);
        f.setSize(560,400); // default size is 0,0
        f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);


        b1.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
                if(b1.getText().equals("Click For Answer"))
                {
                    problems.run();
                    jl.setText(toString());
                    String b = "Next Question";
                    b1.setText(b);
                }
                else
                {
                    problems.run();
                    jl.setText(problems.getQuestion());
                    String b = "Click For Answer";
                    b1.setText(b);

                }
            }
        });
    }


    public static void main(String[] args) {
        EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
           public void run() {
                new Driver();
           }
        });
    } // End main Method

} // End class Driver

MathProblems

import java.util.Random;

public class MathProblems {
     private static final int MAX_NUMBER = 10;
     private static final Random random = new Random();

     private int expected = 0;
     private String question = "";

     public void run() {
         final int a = random.nextInt(MAX_NUMBER);
         final int b = random.nextInt(MAX_NUMBER);

         final int type = random.nextInt(4);

         switch (type) {
             case 0: 
                 add(a, b);
                 break;
             case 1: 
                subtract(a, b);
                break;
             case 2:
                multiply(a, b);
                break;
             case 3:
                 divide(a, b);
                 break;
         }
     }

     private void add(final int a, final int b) {
         expected = a + b;

         askQuestion(a + " + " + b + " = ");
     }

     private void subtract(final int a, final int b) {
         expected = a - b;

         askQuestion(a + " - " + b + " = ");
     }

     private void multiply(final int a, final int b) {
         expected = a * b;

         askQuestion(a + " * " + b + " = ");
     }

     private void divide(final int a, final int b) {
         expected = a / b;

         askQuestion(a + " / " + b + " = ");
     }

     private  void askQuestion(final String question) {
         this.question = question;
     }  

     public String getQuestion() {
         return question;
     }

     public int getAnswer() {
         return expected;
   }

     @Override
     public String toString(){
     return Integer.toString(expected);
     }
}

Answer 1

You need to change it to:

if(b1.getText().equals("Click For Answer"))
            {
                problems.run();
                jl.setText(problems.toString()); // note the change here
                String b = "Next Question";
                b1.setText(b);
            }
            else
            {
                problems.run();
                jl.setText(problems.getQuestion()); // and how you got it right here
                String b = "Click For Answer";
                b1.setText(b);

            }