Thread: ']' expected

I have the following code in my source: (starting from the top)

import java.util.*;
 
class PronouncablePasswordGenerator
{
    public static void main(String[] arguments) {
final char[] Vowels = new char['a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u', 'y'];

And javac gives this output:

Z:\dev\Java\PPG\ppg.java:7: ']' expected
final char[] Vowels = new char['a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u', 'y'];
                                  ^

Obviously it does not compile, I have waay too many errors in my code, but this error is one that puzzles me most, since:
- there IS a ] there.
- and what does the ^ below the 's' of Vowels mean? does it expect a ']' there? (I know that on this webpage shows the '^' below the comma of the 'a', but in the output text-file I got from javac, it is where I said it is)

Thanks for your help! I'm using this project as a useful device for learning Java. This program (when finished) should be useful in years to come.

Originally Posted by MagicMojoSoftware

I have the following code in my source: (starting from the top)

import java.util.*;
 
class PronouncablePasswordGenerator
{
    public static void main(String[] arguments) {
final char[] Vowels = new char['a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u', 'y'];

And javac gives this output:

Z:\dev\Java\PPG\ppg.java:7: ']' expected
final char[] Vowels = new char['a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u', 'y'];
                                  ^

Obviously it does not compile, I have waay too many errors in my code, but this error is one that puzzles me most, since:
- there IS a ] there.
- and what does the ^ below the 's' of Vowels mean? does it expect a ']' there? (I know that on this webpage shows the '^' below the comma of the 'a', but in the output text-file I got from javac, it is where I said it is)

Thanks for your help! I'm using this project as a useful device for learning Java. This program (when finished) should be useful in years to come.

You made a syntax mistake. It should be

char[] Vowels = {'a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u', 'y'};

So it's accolades instead of square brackets, huh? You live and learn.
Is it always accolades instead of square brackets? I would have never expected that, guess I'm too stuck in my C++-ways. I already seemed to be that because I thought Java would be easy to learn given my C++ background. Maybe it's just that my C++-experience is from too long ago to be useful.

Anyway, I fixed that and updated the rest of the arrays too. (I have 3: vowels, consonants and non-alpha-numeric symbols)

But now I get this error:
Z:\dev\java\ppg\ppg.java:10: error: '.class' expected
final char[] Consonants = char{'b', 'c', 'd', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'j', 'l', 'm', 'n', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'z'};

Guess that's related to the bit about the {} in place of where I thought it would be [].
Once again, my code-snippet including line 10

import java.util.*;
 
class PronouncablePasswordGenerator
{
    public static void main(String[] arguments) {
// Pronouncable password generator
//final char[] Vowels = new char['a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u', 'y'];
final char[] Vowels = {'a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u', 'y'};
//final char[] Consonants = new char['b', 'c', 'd', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'j', 'l', 'm', 'n', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'z'];
final char[] Consonants = char{'b', 'c', 'd', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'j', 'l', 'm', 'n', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'z'};

Oh MagicMojoSoftware,
my background is not only c++, c but also Pascal, PLI, AssemblerBack to your "complaint". You made again an C mistake:
WRONG is the red marking at: final char[] Consonants = char{'b', 'c', 'd', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'j', 'l', 'm', 'n', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'z'};
CORRECT is final char[] Consonants = {'b', 'c', 'd', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'j', 'l', 'm', 'n', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'z'};