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skinnybuff
syntax error with a string array PLEASE help
Mar 3rd, 2008, 7:43pm  
hello,
i just started experimenting with processing.

it tells me i have a syntax error but  i don't
understand the suggestion to fix it

it says its expecting a semicolon.

expecting SEMI, found 'clintChop''

this is what i wrote so far:

void setup(){
 size (1000, 600);
 background (0, 55, 100);
}

void draw(){
 PFont fcb;
 fcb = loadFont("Futura-CondensedBold-36.vlw");
 textFont(fcb);
 
 String clintWhole[] = loadStrings("clintonOhio08.txt");
 for(int line = 0; line < clintWhole.length; line++){
   String clintChop[line] = split(clintWhole[line], " ");
 text(clintChop[75], 500, 300);
 }
 
 fill(255, 10);
   
 for(int i = 0; i < clintWhole.length; i++){
   for(int move = 0; move < height; move += 40){
   text(clintWhole[i], width- (width- 10), (height- (height- 40)));
   println(clintChop);
   }
 }

noLoop();

}

the error is  on line 13  
and if any one happens to see any other
violations as far as best practices or
can make suggestions it would
be a great help this is my first project
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JohnG
Re: syntax error with a string array PLEASE help
Reply #1 - Mar 3rd, 2008, 8:13pm  
"String clintChop[line]=" makes no sense in this context. If you want to create an array, drop the contents of the [] e.g.
String clintChop[]= (or String[] clintChop=)

clintChop will then be an array of individual words, and you can then putt out the 75th word of a line the way you're trying to on the line below.

However in your second set of for loops, clintChop will not exist anymore, since you're creating it repeatedly in a for loop, it only exists within the for loop. To have it accesible outside, you'll need to do:
Code:
String[] clintChop;

for(....)
  clintChop=....;



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skinnybuff
Re: syntax error with a string array PLEASE help
Reply #2 - Mar 3rd, 2008, 8:32pm  
thanks for the speedy response!

so i have to make a new array out side of the for loops
and then i use can set the values for the array  inside the loop?  

my desired result was to have an array (clint Chop)
to get populated with every element as a word
from the txt doc.  

am moving in the right direction?
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