input characters from a string into an array

[Harry]

Folks
I am trying to input the characters of a string into an array. The array
needs to hold strings, so I need to convert the characters into strings and
then input them into the array. I run into a dereferencing error

StringBuffer buffy = new StringBuffer(strEntered);
for( i = 0; i < buffy.length(); i++ )
strTemp = (buffy.charAt( i ).toString); //throw dereferencing error in
compile
arrayEntered[ i ] = strTemp

Tried this a number of ways '(buffy.charAt( i ).toString); ' but either
throws exception or compiler cannot understand

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks
Harry

[cornflux]

What type/object does charAt() return?
Harry wrote:

Folks
I am trying to input the characters of a string into an array. The array
needs to hold strings, so I need to convert the characters into strings and
then input them into the array. I run into a dereferencing error

StringBuffer buffy = new StringBuffer(strEntered);
for( i = 0; i < buffy.length(); i++ )
strTemp = (buffy.charAt( i ).toString); //throw dereferencing error in
compile
arrayEntered[ i ] = strTemp

Tried this a number of ways '(buffy.charAt( i ).toString); ' but either
throws exception or compiler cannot understand

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks
Harry

[Josef K]

"Harry" <ma*******@hotmail.com> skrev i meddelandet
news:0O********************@comcast.com...

Folks
I am trying to input the characters of a string into an array. The array
needs to hold strings, so I need to convert the characters into strings and then input them into the array. I run into a dereferencing error

StringBuffer buffy = new StringBuffer(strEntered);
for( i = 0; i < buffy.length(); i++ )
strTemp = (buffy.charAt( i ).toString); //throw dereferencing error in
compile
arrayEntered[ i ] = strTemp

Tried this a number of ways '(buffy.charAt( i ).toString); ' but either
throws exception or compiler cannot understand

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks
Harry

charAt returns a primitive char. There is no such thing as a toString for
primitives. Try this:
strTemp = (new Character(buffy.charAt( i )).toString);
Finally an advice. If you use a JavaIDE you will have access to "code
insight", which will tell you which methods can be used at a certain point
in your code.
/Josef

[@ ya h o o.c o m]

Try
StringBuffer buffy = new StringBuffer(strEntered);
for( i = 0; i < buffy.length(); i++ )
strTemp = (buffy.charAt( i ) + "");
arrayEntered[ i ] = strTemp;

"Harry" <ma*******@hotmail.com> skrev i meddelandet
news:0O********************@comcast.com...

Folks
I am trying to input the characters of a string into an array. The array
needs to hold strings, so I need to convert the characters into strings

and

then input them into the array. I run into a dereferencing error

StringBuffer buffy = new StringBuffer(strEntered);
for( i = 0; i < buffy.length(); i++ )
strTemp = (buffy.charAt( i ).toString); //throw dereferencing error in
compile
arrayEntered[ i ] = strTemp

Tried this a number of ways '(buffy.charAt( i ).toString); ' but either
throws exception or compiler cannot understand

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks
Harry

charAt returns a primitive char. There is no such thing as a toString for
primitives. Try this:
strTemp = (new Character(buffy.charAt( i )).toString);
Finally an advice. If you use a JavaIDE you will have access to "code
insight", which will tell you which methods can be used at a certain point
in your code.
/Josef