how to set the selected item in combo box as displayed in java. please help me

[manjupargavi]

how to set the selected item in combo box as displayed in java. please help me

[JamesCherrill]

from the JComboBox documentation...

setSelectedIndex(int anIndex) Selects the item at index anIndex.
setSelectedItem(Object anObject) Sets the selected item in the combo box display area to the object in the argument.

[murali_quest]

Check out this example.

import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.*;

public class demo_combo{
JComboBox combo;
JTextField txtBox;
public static void main(String[] args){
demo_combo ar = new demo_combo();
}

public demo_combo(){
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Add-Remove Item of a Combo Box");
String items[] = {"Java", "JSP", "PHP", "C", "C++"};
combo = new JComboBox(items);
JButton button1 = new JButton("Add");
txtBox = new JTextField(20);
button1.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
if (!txtBox.getText().equals("")){
int a = 0;
for(int i = 0; i < combo.getItemCount(); i++){
if(combo.getItemAt(i).equals(txtBox.getText())){
a = 1;
break;
}
}
if (a == 1)
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Combo has already this item.");
else
combo.addItem(txtBox.getText());
}
else{
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Please enter text in Text Box");
}
}
});
JButton button2 = new JButton("Remove");
button2.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
if (combo.getItemCount() > 0)
combo.removeItemAt(0);
else
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Item not available");
}
});
JPanel panel = new JPanel();
JPanel panel1 = new JPanel();
panel.add(txtBox);
panel.add(combo);
panel.add(button1);
panel.add(button2);
frame.add(panel);
// frame.add(panel1);
frame.setSize(400, 400);
frame.setVisible(true);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

}
}

[JamesCherrill]

Interesting code,but just a few points of feedback:
1. please put code in code tags so we can read it easily.
2. int a = 0 or 1 is a very un-Java way. Please use a boolean for true/false.
3. how does this address the OP's request re setting the selected item?