error: cannot find symbol array.add(element);

Question

I have a program that reads from a file, takes each word and adds it to an array as a String. I\'m having a bit of trouble with adding the Strings to the array. I get the e

Answer 1

Arrays in java have a static number of slots. You have to know the number you need at the time you instanciate the array.

What you want is either:

array[count] = element;

or you can use a List (e.g. ArrayList, since List is just an interface)