ERROR - char cannot be dereferenced HELP

[jonytek]

Hi guys,
I am recieving a "char cannot be dereferenced" error when I try and compare to char's. This is only a section of the program. No other errors anywhere else.

Thanks.

for (int i =0; i < list.size(); i++)
		{
			StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(list.get(i), "|");
			while(st.hasMoreTokens())
			{
				System.out.println("Would you like to see another line?");
				String moreText = s.next().toLowerCase();//converts string to lower case
				char c = moreText.charAt(0);
				
				while (c.equals("y"))
				{
					System.out.println(st.nextToken());
				}
				
					break;
				
			}
		}

[sunde887]

Chars are compared with ==, only objects are compared with the equals method.

[jonytek]

Ok. Thats funny because the Character class does have a equals() Method. Thanks.

[sunde887]

The Character class does have one, it's an object, the char is a primitive. The Character class is used as a wrapper class. If you wanted to create a generic bound list you need a proper class. It wont allow a primitive type. Through the wrapper class and aitoboxing you can declare a generically bound list of primitives.

ArrayList<Character> x = new ArrayList<Character>();

Notice this uses Character, you can store chars in it though.

char z = 'g';
x.add(z);

[goldest]

Thats funny because the Character class does have a equals() Method.

Because Character class is the wrapper class for char data type. The method equals belongs to Object class and in Java, "Object" is the superclass of every class, so Character class inherits the equals method from Object.

I hope that has made it clear to you.

Goldest

[DarrylBurke]

Character class inherits the equals method from Object.

Um, Character overrides the equals(...) method inherited from Object.

db

[goldest]

Um, Character overrides the equals(...) method inherited from Object.

Rightly so, to be more specific! :D