Code Manipulation

There are numerous functions I have to make for this project at school. Here is one of them:

int charCount(String[]) - Takes an array of lines from a file. Returns the total number of characters (non-white space) in a file. I suggest examining the Character class in the Java API. There is a method you can use that will make this very easy.

I found the method called .isWhiteSpace()

Here is my function:

Code:

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//FIX: COUNTING SPACES FOR SOME REASON

    public static int charCount(String [] array){
       
        int counter=0;
       
        for(int i=0; i<array.length; i++){
            for(int i2=0; i2<array[i].length(); i2++){
                if(!(Character.isWhitespace(i2)))
                {
                    counter++;
                }
            }
           
        }
       
        return counter;
}

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For some reason, this function counts white spaces. I've tested it with text in a txt file. Does anyone know whats wrong? I can't seem to figure out what could possibly be causing this to happen.

What have you done to debug it? Try putting in print statements to see what is actually being checked in the if.