string array declaration

[Jay X Brown]

why am i getting this error?
> testParser.java:11: Array dimension missing.
> static public String[] CName=new String[];
if i change it to:
static public String[] CName=new String[8];
it accepts it. but i don't want to do that. i don't know how long the string array is going to be. it depends on data.
thanks in advance
jb

[Val Dra]

> testParser.java:11: Array dimension missing.
> static public String[] CName=new String[];
when you try to define it like this you don't give a dimension size which is not allowed. You must provide size or do it like this
String []s = new String[]{"yes"};

[Manfred Leonhardt]

Hi Jay,
In Java array size is set at compile time and can't be changed at any other time. If you want to use something that is sizeable try using a vector. Once you get the total vector you can use the toArray() method to get the contents into an array.
Manfred.

[Jay X Brown]

thanks val,
it compiled without problem. but what does this do?
> String []s = new String[]{"yes"};

and thanks for the vector suggestion. i now realize that is another route to go.
jay

[ryan burgdorfer]

it specifies what is in the array...in this case, one string - "yes"
I think you may find that this is not going to be the ultimate solution in your case, since you said above that the size of the array depends on your data. In this case, your array has a size of 1...