Counting Vowels, getting an error

[gabrielpr12]

I am trying to create a program that counts the number of vowels in an array. I keep getting the following error:
Vowels.java:12: error: cannot find symbol
c = name.charAt(i);
^
symbol: method charAt(int)
location: variable name of type String[]
1 error


Here is my code:


import java.util.*;
import javax.swing.*;

public class Vowels
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
String[] name = {"Mariel", "Yadrianna", "Zeus", "Gabriel", "Luz"};
char c;
int i;
int count = 0;
for(i = 0; i < name.length; i++)
{
c = name.charAt(i);

if (c=='a' || c=='e' || c=='i' || c=='o' || c=='u')
{
count++;
}
}

}
}

I know I still have to print or display the actual number of vowels.

[eRaaaa]

name = string array.an array has no method charAt.
you have to iterate over each element in the array(each name) and then you have to iterate over each character of this string (i think that was what you want - there are of course other solutions)

pseudo:
for(0...array.length)
name = array[i];
for(0 ... name.length)
character = name.charAt(j)
.....

[gabrielpr12]

name = string array.an array has no method charAt.
you have to iterate over each element in the array(each name) and then you have to iterate over each character of this string (i think that was what you want - there are of course other solutions)

pseudo:
for(0...array.length)
name = array[i];
for(0 ... name.length)
character = name.charAt(j)
.....

Not understanding what you are trying to say. I have used the charAt in other applications with no errors. Why is it giving me an error now?

[eRaaaa]

Because you are trying to invoke the charAt method on an array object (String[] name) and not from a string!
name[0].charAt would be valid!

[gabrielpr12]

Because you are trying to invoke the charAt method on an array object (String[] name) and not from a string!
name[0].charAt would be valid!

Thank you, that fixed that. Now, if I want to count the vowels on each array, would I have to do a if loop for each one?

[eRaaaa]

Thats what i said in my first post :D
But there are other solutions, like

		for (String string : name) {
			System.out.println("Vowel count of "+string+" is "+string.replaceAll("[^aeiou]", "").length());
		}

:D

[gabrielpr12]

Sorry for my noobinesh. I will keep working on this and post the final product once I figure it out.

[gabrielpr12]

Thanks for the help. Here is the final working code:
import java.util.*;
import javax.swing.*;

public class Vowels
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
String[] name = {"Mariel", "Yadrianna", "Zeus", "Gabriel", "Luz"};

int i;
int count = 0;

for(String string: name)
{
System.out.println("Vowel count of "+string+" is "+string.replaceAll("[^aeiou]", "").length());
}
for(i = 0; i < name.length; i++)
{
char c = name[0].charAt(i);

if (c=='a' || c=='e' || c=='i' || c=='o' || c=='u' ||
c=='A' || c=='E' || c=='I' || c=='O' || c=='U')
{
count++;

}
}
}
}

[eRaaaa]

ouch....you should not just copy code. Try to understand what the code does. Your code(second loop) makes no sense :-)
Remove my solution and start from cratch!