[lsutigers43]

I have a quick question regarding using the toString method.

My code:

package mat2by2;


public class Mat2By2 
{
    //instance variables of Mat2By2 Objects
    private double bottomLeft;
    private double bottomRight;
    private double topLeft;
    private double topRight;

    //creates a 2x2 matrix whose entries are all 0
    public Mat2By2(){}
    
    //creates a 2x2 matrix with the specified parameters
    public Mat2By2(double tL, double tR, double bL, double bR)
    {
        
        topLeft = tL;
        topRight = tR;
        bottomLeft = bL;
        bottomRight = bR;
        
    }
    
    public Mat2By2 add(Mat2By2 m)
    {
        return new Mat2By2(topLeft + m.topLeft, topRight + m.topRight, bottomLeft + m.bottomLeft, bottomRight + m.bottomRight); 
    }
    
    @Override
    public String toString()
    {
        return String.format("{{%d,%d},{%d,%d}}",topLeft, topRight, bottomLeft, bottomRight);
    }
    
    public static void main(String[] args) 
    {
        Mat2By2 m1 = new Mat2By2(1,2,3,4);
        Mat2By2 m2 = new Mat2By2(2,3,4,1);
        
        Mat2By2 m3 = m1.add(m2);

        System.out.println(m2);
        
    }
}

I'm getting several formatting errors when I'm trying to print out the values of the Matrix.

Quote

Exception in thread "main" java.util.IllegalFormatConversionException: d != java.lang.Double
at java.util.Formatter$FormatSpecifier.failConversion(Formatter.java:3999)
at java.util.Formatter$FormatSpecifier.printInteger(Formatter.java:2709)
at java.util.Formatter$FormatSpecifier.print(Formatter.java:2661)
at java.util.Formatter.format(Formatter.java:2433)
at java.util.Formatter.format(Formatter.java:2367)
at java.lang.String.format(String.java:2769)
at mat2by2.Mat2By2.toString(Mat2By2.java:35)
at java.lang.String.valueOf(String.java:2826)
at java.io.PrintStream.println(PrintStream.java:771)
at mat2by2.Mat2By2.main(Mat2By2.java:43)
Java Result: 1

I have followed every example I could find, but I am obviously missing something or this is a special case that requires a few additions.

The sample run given should look like this:

Quote

m1 + m2 = {{1.000000,2.000000},{3.000000,4.000000}}

I have tried a plethora of variations to the toString() Class, and I also varied how I implemented the class in the tester application.

Any help would be appreciated.

[lsutigers43]

2 Minutes after posting I realize %f is the format specifier, not $d.

Fixed the problem.

[CasiOo]

%d are for decimal integers, you will have to use f for doubles

return String.format("{{%f,%f},{%f,%f}}",topLeft, topRight, bottomLeft, bottomRight);