Incompatible types! Into array.

[g Peshone]

How would I convert string into an object to I can inserted into array?
Thanks

   
SolBody bodies[] = new SolBody[BODY_COUNT];
        
            SolBody sun = new SolBody();
            sun.idNum = SolBody.nextID++;
            sun.nameFor = "Sol";
            sun.orbits = null;
            bodies[0] = sun.nameFor.toString(); // [B][I]Incompatible types![/I][/B] 
 

[Paul Yule]

Originally posted by g Peshone:
How would I convert string into an object to I can inserted into array?

If you only want the name of the Body to be inserted into the Array you can use a String array instead of your SolBody type Array. Otherwise you could just insert the whole object into your array instead of the name.

    bodies[0] =sun;

[ October 22, 2008: Message edited by: Paul Yule ]

[Ernest Friedman-Hill]

i.e.,

bodies[0] = sun;

[marc weber]

Your array is declared to hold references to instances of SolBody, and a String is not a SolBody. It looks to me like you just want to add "sun" to the array, bodies[0] = sun;

(Also, it looks like "nameFor" is already a String, so calling toString() on nameFor isn't necessary.)

[g Peshone]

Thanks, that works, I thought I could go thru with a generic �field� name but then I could not increment it in the next step to insert next name.
Thanks