Frank,
The current statements are not valid.
>> String s = "Hello";
>> char c = s[2];
First you create a String object and you initialize it with the value "Hello", and this is correct.
But then then you create a variable of the primitive type char and you initialize with something invalid with
Java. The java compiler while evaluate the expression "s[2]" like this: "s is an array of object and I need to take the third element of this array but... hey wait a second... s is a String object, not an array!"
The way Java manage char and String is totally different than C. Basically because a String is an object, not a type. There`s some methods in the String object to do what you're looking for. Here, take a look at this piece of code :
...
String s = "Hello!";
char c1 = s.charAt(2);
char c2 = s.toCharArray()[2];
...
This is two way of doing what you wanted, but the first one is more efficient.
Have fun with Java!
J-C
