String to Strin[] conversion

[Kajol Singh]

Hello,
I am trying to convert a String to String[].
String a = "abc";
String[] temp = (String[]) a;
What am I doing wrong here?
Thanks,
Kaj

[Craig Demyanovich]

Do you want an array of characters? If so, try the toCharArray() method of the String class.
Do you want an array of Strings, the first of which is equal to "abc"? If so, first create the String array, declaring the desired number of items it will hold, then set the 0th item to "abc" or a variable that contains it.

String[] values = new String[2];
values[0] = "abc";
values[1] = "123";

Or, try this

String[] values = {"abc", "123"};

Or, if you need a container with a variable amount of storage, have a look at the collections classes in the java.util package.
Or, do you want something else?
Finally, this post is off-topic for the J2EE forum. In the future, please find the most appropriate forum and post to it; there are many from which to choose.
HTH,
Craig
[ August 28, 2002: Message edited by: Craig Demyanovich ]