Multicolored output

Multicolored output

I am translating an old QBasic program, that is doing a kind of scan
producing an array of digits and printing them on the screen forming a
rectangle. In this program I have assigned different colors to different
numbers so that it looks like a map, with different colored areas. The
result looks something like the first square bellow

6 6 5 4 4 5 5 6 6 7   b b c c c c c b b b
5 5 4 4 3 3 4 5 5 6   c c c c c c c c c b
4 3 3 2 2 2 3 4 4 5   c c c c c c c c c c
2 2 2 1 1 1 2 3 3 4   c c c y y y c c c c
2 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 2   c y y y y y y c c c
3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2   c c y y y y y y y c
3 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 2 3   c c c y y y y y c c
3 3 2 2 1 1 2 2 3 3   c c c c y y c c c c
4 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 4   c c c c c c c c c c
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4   c c c c c c c c c c
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5   c c c c c c c c c c
5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6   c c c b b b b b b b

With 0-1 digits assigned color yellow, 2-5 color cyan, 5-9 colored blue,
the effect is like in the second square, where you can "see" a yellow
"island" in the center, within a "shallow sea" of cyan, and "deep sea"
of blue.

I understand that in Java I can't use different colored text within a
text area. What's the simplest other option?

Eustace

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Eustace
01-31-08 12:03 AM

Re: Multicolored output

Eustace wrote:
> I am translating an old QBasic program, that is doing a kind of scan
> producing an array of digits and printing them on the screen forming a
> rectangle. In this program I have assigned different colors to different
> numbers so that it looks like a map, with different colored areas. The
> result looks something like the first square bellow
>
> 6 6 5 4 4 5 5 6 6 7   b b c c c c c b b b
> 5 5 4 4 3 3 4 5 5 6   c c c c c c c c c b
> 4 3 3 2 2 2 3 4 4 5   c c c c c c c c c c
> 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 3 3 4   c c c y y y c c c c
> 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 2   c y y y y y y c c c
> 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2   c c y y y y y y y c
> 3 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 2 3   c c c y y y y y c c
> 3 3 2 2 1 1 2 2 3 3   c c c c y y c c c c
> 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 4   c c c c c c c c c c
> 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4   c c c c c c c c c c
> 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5   c c c c c c c c c c
> 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6   c c c b b b b b b b
>
> With 0-1 digits assigned color yellow, 2-5 color cyan, 5-9 colored blue,
> the effect is like in the second square, where you can "see" a yellow
> "island" in the center, within a "shallow sea" of cyan, and "deep sea"
> of blue.
>
> I understand that in Java I can't use different colored text within a
> text area. What's the simplest other option?
>
> Eustace
>
Hi
i do think that a JTextPane may be what you are looking for

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CHAFIK Wassime
03-22-08 11:59 PM

Re: Multicolored output

CHAFIK Wassime wrote:
> Eustace wrote: 
> Hi
> i do think that a JTextPane may be what you are looking for

You can use HTML in Java in many places where you can use text. You have
to use something like this text:
<html><body>
6 6 <font color=red>5</font> 4 4 <font color=red>5</font> ..... <br>
5 5 4
....
</body></html>
and select constant width font like ariel.

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Mishagam
03-23-08 11:59 PM