Illegal initializer for java.lang.String

[Sudheer Kolanu]

I am doing an example given in Head First Java but it is giving me 7 errors, could not find out the reason for it. The below is the code and compiled errors, please advise.

public class Phrase{

public static void main(String[] args){

String wordListOne={"Dave","Nick","Paul","Mark","John","Bill","Gil"};

String wordListTwo={"is","was","isNot","wasNot"};

String wordListThree={"a good boy","a good student","a good worker","a good thinker", "a good teacher"};


int length1 = wordListOne.length();
int length2 = wordListTwo.length();
int length3 = wordListThree.length();

int rand1 = (int) (Math.random() * length1);
int rand2 = (int) (Math.random() * length2);
int rand3 = (int) (Math.random() * length3);

String finalPhrase = wordListOne[rand1]+" "+wordListTwo[rand2]+" "+wordListTwo[rand3];

System.out.println("This is the Phrase "+finalPharse);

}

}

Errors

C:\Library\Headache\Pro>javac Phrase.java
Phrase.java:5: illegal initializer for java.lang.String
String wordListOne={"Dave","Nick","Paul","Mark","John","Bill","Gil"};
^
Phrase.java:7: illegal initializer for java.lang.String
String wordListTwo={"is","was","isNot","wasNot"};
^
Phrase.java:9: illegal initializer for java.lang.String
String wordListThree={"a good boy","a good student","a good worker","a good thin
ker", "a good teacher"};
^
Phrase.java:20: array required, but java.lang.String found
String finalPhrase = wordListOne[rand1]+" "+wordListTwo[rand2]+" "+wordListTwo[r
and3];
^
Phrase.java:20: array required, but java.lang.String found
String finalPhrase = wordListOne[rand1]+" "+wordListTwo[rand2]+" "+wordListTwo[r
and3];
^
Phrase.java:20: array required, but java.lang.String found
String finalPhrase = wordListOne[rand1]+" "+wordListTwo[rand2]+" "+wordListTwo[r
and3];
^
Phrase.java:22: cannot find symbol
symbol : variable finalPharse
location: class Phrase
System.out.println("This is the Phrase "+finalPharse);
^
7 errors

[pete stein]

You declare arrays with square brackets, []. So it's String[] not String before the String arrays.

[Maneesh Godbole]

What you are declaring is an array of String and not String.
Change to String wordListOne[]={..} or String[] wordListOne={...}

[Sudheer Kolanu]

Thank you experts! I successfully run this program.