title: reset the text area contents
body: <p>I have this code.. here when i input number "6" in the textfield, text should be displayed in the textarea..but after that if i input any other number i want the textarea contents to be clear. But when I execute my code, the old contents of the textarea remain even when i input a different number. Please help!</p>
  
  <pre><code>import java.awt.*;
  import java.awt.event.*;
  import java.applet.*;
  /* &lt;applet code="front" width=500 height=500&gt;&lt;/applet&gt; */
  public class front extends Applet implements ActionListener {
    String msg="";
    TextArea text,text1;
    TextField txt;
    Button load, enter;
  
    public void init() {
      enter=new Button("Enter");
      load=new Button("Load");
      txt=new TextField(5);
      text=new TextArea(10,15);
  
      add(load);
      add(text);
  
      add(txt);
      add(enter);
  
      load.addActionListener(this);
      txt.addActionListener(this);
      enter.addActionListener(this);
    }
  
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae)
    {
      String str = ae.getActionCommand();
      if(str.equals("Load")) {
        msg = "You pressed Load";
      } else {
        if(txt.getText().toString().equals ("6")) {
          msg="Set the text for 6";
          text.setText("Text");
        } else {
          msg="Invalid number";
          text.setText("");
        }
      }
      repaint();
    }
  
    public void paint(Graphics g) {
      g.drawString(msg,350,250);
    }
  }
  </code></pre>