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Thread: Strings and Characters

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    Default Strings and Characters

    String String1 = new String();

    String1 = "bubble";

    String1.charAt(4);

    I want to input the result of String1.charAt(4); which is the letter l into a method which only takes a char as an argument.

    What line of code is required?


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    Default Re: Strings and Characters

    I tried:

    String1.charAt(4) = char aChar;

    I get: Syntax error: column 21. Encountered: char

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    Default Re: Strings and Characters

    What does the String charAt() method return?
    a method which only takes a char as an argument.
    String1.charAt(4) should work as is.

    What were you trying to do with this: String1.charAt(4) = char aChar;
    It looks reversed from what it should be.

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    Default Re: Strings and Characters

    String1.charAt(4) should work as is. Yes it does, it returns the letter l, but then how do i input this result into another method that only takes a char as an
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    displayLetter(String1.charAt(4)) wont work , so what coding do i need? How do i assign the result to a value that displayLetter() can take as an argument?

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    Default Re: Strings and Characters

    displayLetter(string1.charAt(4)) wont work
    Have you tried it?

    How is displayLetter defined?
    Is it: displayLetter(char c)
    Last edited by Norm; July 4th, 2011 at 05:39 PM.

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    displayLetter(String1.charAt(4)) actually does work!!

    cheers

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