Hi, I'm trying to write a string to a file using the RandomAccessFile
object's writeChars method. Everything works fine, except that when I write
in "This is it", it writes in the file "T h i s  i s  i t"
Why is that?

I'm sure this topic has come up before now but in the list of posts
available to me I can't see it.
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Can anyone tell me how to convert float into integer.
example : if float value is 234.33 then i need 234
i just want to drop the decimal part.
Thanks in advance.

I cannot view applets in Explorer 6 (the latest!), instead all I can
see is a big grey square in the middle of the web page and when I pass
the mouse over it-, it says:
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Code:
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long aLongInt;
assert aLongInt<10000000000;

how can i find out if a number is uneven, or even?
i would need something like this: isEven(1) which then returns false.
thanks
Jochen

how do convert a decimal number to binary using Integer.parseInt(),
please?
from the various help files, examples for Integer.parseInt(String
s,int radix)

I want DateFormat to parse a date/time in the style used by HTTP:
http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec3.html#sec3.3
Specifically, I want to be able to parse this format (quote from the
above link):

I have a few questions I'm hoping the group could answer for me. I'm
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I am writing a java application using lots of visual components. The Java
API help is good in that it tells me about all the constructors, methods and
fields associated with a given object but where can I find similar help on
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write out to the socket( into the Internet Explorer) and then the Socket is
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I am taking a Java class and I need a little help.  My program is
supposed to take a range of temperatures that the user inputs and come
back with that average.  The user should type 999 to end the program
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