Help with a compilation error

[m_mccutcheon]

Hello,

I have put together the following code which is designed to calculate a translation cost for a sentence input by a user. However I am getting a compilation error details of which is attached. Can you solve the error for me as I don't understand it.

import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
public class TranslationCost1
{
public static void main(String [] args)
{
String userInput, result;
String words[];
int wordCount = 0;
userInput = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Enter a sentence to translate.");
words = userInput.split(' ');

//for(int index = 0; index < userInput.length(); index++)
//if (userInput.charAt(index) == ' ')

wordCount = words.length();
result = "Cost of translating this sense is" + ((wordCount)* .05);
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, result, "Output",1);
}
}

[KevinWorkman]

Did you check out the API? Where is the split() method that takes a char as an argument? Where is the length() method?

[m_mccutcheon]

Did you check out the API? Where is the split() method that takes a char as an argument? Where is the length() method?

I am sorry but I don't understand your reply. this thread is for people new to java and so this reply isn't very helpful to me as I am new to java. Could you possibly put your reply differently so that I understand it.

thanks for replying though.

[KevinWorkman]

What didn't you understand? Googling "java API" would have brought you to this page: Java Platform SE 6

From there, you can look at the methods in String. Compare its methods to how you're using them.

You could also google "java array length" to figure out what's going on there. The compiler is already telling you what you're doing wrong.

Just because you're new to java doesn't mean you're going to be spoonfed an answer.

[JeffGrigg]

In the String class, the split method accepts a String parameter/argument.

In Java, ' ' is a char, while " " is a single-character String. The two are different. Very different. It's important that you use the right one.

For the other problem...
'.length' on an array should not have the parenthesis. It works like a field reference, not like a method call.

[m_mccutcheon]

What didn't you understand? Googling "java API" would have brought you to this page: Java Platform SE 6

From there, you can look at the methods in String. Compare its methods to how you're using them.

You could also google "java array length" to figure out what's going on there. The compiler is already telling you what you're doing wrong.

Just because you're new to java doesn't mean you're going to be spoonfed an answer.

In the String class, the split method accepts a String parameter/argument.

In Java, ' ' is a char, while " " is a single-character String. The two are different. Very different. It's important that you use the right one.

For the other problem...
'.length' on an array should not have the parenthesis. It works like a field reference, not like a method call.

So when it comes to the ' ' space character should I use " " instead? I understand your response better than the previous response. Thank you. sometimes people don't have the time to be reading piles of material to solve a minor error. I am practising on my own laptop for an exam so this is a help. Thank you.