Search a value for a given key in a HashMap

Question

How do you search for a key in a HashMap? In this program, when the user enters a key the code should arrange to search the hashmap for the corresponding value and then print it.

Please tell me why it's not working.

import java.util.HashMap;

import java.util.; import java.lang.;

public class Hashmapdemo  
{
    public static void main(String args[]) 
    { 
        String value; 
        HashMap hashMap = new HashMap(); 
        hashMap.put( new Integer(1),"January" ); 
        hashMap.put( new Integer(2) ,"February" ); 
        hashMap.put( new Integer(3) ,"March" ); 
        hashMap.put( new Integer(4) ,"April" ); 
        hashMap.put( new Integer(5) ,"May" ); 
        hashMap.put( new Integer(6) ,"June" ); 
        hashMap.put( new Integer(7) ,"July" );  
        hashMap.put( new Integer(8),"August" );  
        hashMap.put( new Integer(9) ,"September");  
        hashMap.put( new Integer(10),"October" );  
        hashMap.put( new Integer(11),"November" );  
        hashMap.put( new Integer(12),"December" );

        Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);  
        System.out.println("Enter an integer :");  
        int x = scan.nextInt();  
        value = hashMap.get("x");  
        System.out.println("Value is:" + value);  
    } 
} 

Answer 1

Just call get:

HashMap<String, String> map = new HashMap<String, String>();
map.put("x", "y");

String value = map.get("x"); // value = "y"

Answer 2

To decalare the hashMap use this:

 HashMap<Integer,String> hm=new HashMap<Integer,String>();

To enter the elements in the HashMap:

 hm.put(1,"January");
 hm.put(2,"Febuary");

before searching element first check that the enter number is present in the hashMap for this use the method containsKey() which will return a Boolean value:

 if(hm.containsKey(num))
 {
    hm.get(num);
 }