Getting a players name and a number then getting that number later

So basically what I want to do is save a players "number" and get it later. Is this possible? If so, how would I do this? I am guessing with a HashMap but I honestly do not how to make a value stick to a username.


Thanks for all that help.

 

Whomp54 You can have a key of the username and a value of an Integar.

 

HashMap<String, Int> playerNumbers = new HashMap<String, Int>();

Wasn't done in an IDE, so might have an error, but you should get the general idea

 

Yes, but how would I retrieve the value of the integer? If I would save an integer to a HashMap, how would I know that I will be returning the right integer that that player has?

 

Whomp54 You can use:
hashMapNameHere.get(player.getName()); and it will get the value assigned to that username.

 

Gater12 Whomp54 Use what Gater said

 

Thank you! I will try it out and get back to you on how it went