import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.JButton;

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/*
 * HangFrame.java
 *
 * Created on Dec 16, 2011, 11:04:41 AM
 */
/**
 *
 * @author hanlchri
 */
public class HangFrame extends javax.swing.JFrame implements ActionListener {

    JButton[] butArray = new JButton[26];

    /** Creates new form HangFrame */
    public HangFrame() {
        initComponents();

        //for loop to create the 26 buttons
        Character c = new Character('A');  //start with 'A'
        for (int i = 0; i < 26; i++) {
            butArray[i] = new JButton(c.toString());
            butArray[i].setSize(50, 40);
            butPAN.add(butArray[i]);
            butArray[i].addActionListener(this);
            c++;
        }
    }

    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
        //One of the buttons was selected
        for (int i = 0; i < 26; i++) {
            if (e.getSource() == butArray[i]) {
                //get Text from front of
                String letter = ((JButton) e.getSource()).getText();
                System.out.println("Here is the button pressed " + letter);
            }
        }
    }

    /** This method is called from within the constructor to
     * initialize the form.
     * WARNING: Do NOT modify this code. The content of this method is
     * always regenerated by the Form Editor.
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    // <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="Generated Code">//GEN-BEGIN:initComponents
    private void initComponents() {

        butPAN = new javax.swing.JPanel();
        jPanel2 = new javax.swing.JPanel();

        setDefaultCloseOperation(javax.swing.WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        getContentPane().setLayout(null);

        butPAN.setLayout(new java.awt.GridLayout(3, 9));
        getContentPane().add(butPAN);
        butPAN.setBounds(20, 80, 440, 110);

        javax.swing.GroupLayout jPanel2Layout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(jPanel2);
        jPanel2.setLayout(jPanel2Layout);
        jPanel2Layout.setHorizontalGroup(
            jPanel2Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGap(0, 150, Short.MAX_VALUE)
        );
        jPanel2Layout.setVerticalGroup(
            jPanel2Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGap(0, 110, Short.MAX_VALUE)
        );

        getContentPane().add(jPanel2);
        jPanel2.setBounds(450, 90, 150, 110);

        pack();
    }// </editor-fold>//GEN-END:initComponents

    /**
     * @param args the command line arguments
     */
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {

            public void run() {
                new HangFrame().setVisible(true);
            }
        });
    }
    // Variables declaration - do not modify//GEN-BEGIN:variables
    private javax.swing.JPanel butPAN;
    private javax.swing.JPanel jPanel2;
    // End of variables declaration//GEN-END:variables
}