writing >= if statement not work with both string and int

[JMAsterson]

I want to say, if the word is greater than or equal to 10, .. do such and such,
but i know that :
if(word >= 10) // word being the String
// something here
else
// something here

I know that is because its "undefined for the arguments string and int.

Alternatively i tried

if(word.equals(10))

but that only gives me if it equals 10 and i want greater than or equal too. Any help appreciated!

[Norm]

What data type is the variable: word? If it's a String, use the Integer class's parse method to convert it to an int value that you can compare with < or >=

Also the String class has methods for comparing the contents of Strings.

[JMAsterson]

yes word is a string.

And as for the second part,
I noticed that its possible to use this to compare strings:

(String1.compareTo(String2) < 0)
But in my case im not trying to compare two strings im trying to compare one string with a number, as in, if the length of the word is 10 or greater numbers.

[Norm]

Make the number a String or make the String a number.

The length of a String is something else.

[Dreadbolt]

But in my case im not trying to compare two strings im trying to compare one string with a number, as in, if the length of the word is 10 or greater numbers.

You cannot compare a String and an int the way you're trying to. As you are trying to compare the length of a string with a number, you should use the String.length() method.
Try something like this:

if (yourString.length() >= yourNumber) {
// length of string is at least as high as said number. do whatever
} else {
// length of string is less than number. do whatever
}