I have this method as part of my class Book public String toString() { return ti

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I have this method as part of my class Book
public String toString()
{
return title + " by " + author + " (" + numPages + " pages)";
}

and I need the following method in my class Library, which is an array of Book objects:
public String toString() : returns a String representation which first displays the number of books in the library, then uses the toString function of each book object in its array to display each book it contains.

I know how to get the number of books, but I still need the code to display what each book in the array contains.
Here is a little code.
public class Book
{
private String author;
private String title;
private int numPages;

public Book()
{
title = "EMPTY";
}

public Book(String titleIn, String authorIn, int numPagesIn)
{
title = titleIn;
author = authorIn;
numPages = numPagesIn;
}


public String toString()
{
return title + " by " + author + " (" + numPages + " pages)";
}
}
-------------------------------------------------------


import java.util.Arrays;
public class Library
{
private Book[] array;
private int count;

public Library(int numBooks)
{
array = new Book [numBooks];
count=0;
}


public int getCount()
{
return count;
}



public String toString()
{
//This is the code I need!!!!


}


}

Explanation / Answer

please rate - thanks

try this

I'd test it if I had all your code

public String toString()
{String s="number of books:"+count+" ";

int i;
for(i=0;i<count;i++)
    s=s+array[i]+" ";
return s;

}

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