How to continously key in elements of a String[ ]

[Jerri Loh]

Hey there,

Here's a snippet of my code.

1)I am trying to assign the value "(votes + " : " + Str2)" as an element of the String[] Results at the end of my for loop. So at the end of every loop, there is a new entry made to String[] Results.
I am not sure whether it has gotta do with contenating.

2)line 80 compilation error states having incompatible types.
I have tried explicit casting to String, but it does not help. I am aware that variable "votes" is an integer and Str 2 is a String. But I would want to store "(votes + " : " + Str2)" as a String, as an element of String[] Results.

  public static LinkedList MuRikr = new LinkedList();
     public static int votes=0; 
     public static String[] Results;

     // further on...
     votes = (MuRikr.size());//Returns the number of elements in this list.
     //Str2 is a String
     Results += (votes + " : " + Str2);//line 80, incompatiable types

Your help is very much appreciated. Thanks sooo much!!

[Sebastian Janisch]

Well you can't assign a String to a String array. That doesn't work.

An array has an index in which you put the values.

[Rob Spoor]

+ is only applicable to numeric primitives (and because of auto-unboxing, also numeric wrapper types) and Strings, not String arrays. You may want to switch from a String[] to a List<String> so you can use the add method.

[Wouter Oet]

I have moved this topic to Beginning Java.

[Jerri Loh]

my greatest gratitude to the 3 wise men on Java ranch. aites. getting down to Rob prime's suggestion! Thanks Sebestian! And wouter oet is always re-categorising my posts.. sorry for the trouble! :S