I'm trying to get a bunch of different files (292) into my program, but I keep getting the error "cannot convert from String[] to String." The pictures load fine, but I tried doing the same thing with the text files, and it doesn't work. What's different about strings that won't allow this to work?

Code:

int numPics = 292; // change with number of pics
int numPts = 866; // number of points in spectra
PImage[] pics = new PImage[numPics];
String[] spec = new String[numPics];

void setup() {
  size(1000,950);
  smooth();
  for ( int k = 0; k < numPics; k++) {
    String imageName =  "S5_stamp_" + nf(k, 5) + ".png";
    pics[k] = loadImage(imageName);
    String spectra = "S5_hi_spectra_" + nf(k, 5) + ".txt";
    spec[k] = loadStrings(spectra);    
  } 

That gives me the same error, if i try:

Code:

int numPics = 292; // change with number of points, numPics = # pictures
int numPts = 866; // number of points in spectra
PImage[] pics = new PImage[numPics];
String[][] spec;

void setup() {
  size(1000,950);
  smooth();
  for (int k = 0; k < numPics; k++) {
    for (int h = 0; h < numPts; h++) {
    String imageName =  "S5_stamp_" + nf(k, 5) + ".png";
    pics[k] = loadImage(imageName);
    String spectra = "S5_hi_spectra_" + nf(k, 5) + ".txt";
    spec[k][h] = loadStrings(spectra);  
  }
  } 

If I just try:

Code:

int numPics = 292; // change with number of points, numPics = # pictures
int numPts = 866; // number of points in spectra
PImage[] pics = new PImage[numPics];
String[][] spec;

void setup() {
  size(1000,950);
  smooth();
  for (int k = 0; k < numPics; k++) {
    for (int h = 0; h < numPts; h++) {
    String imageName =  "S5_stamp_" + nf(k, 5) + ".png";
    pics[k] = loadImage(imageName);
    String spectra = "S5_hi_spectra_" + nf(k, 5) + ".txt";
    spec = loadStrings(spectra);  
  }
  } 

I get "cannot convert from String[] to String[][]". It does actually work if I make spec just a String[] and don't specify spec[k], but that isn't what I want it to do. I want each spec[k] to be one filename so that I can then split the data from each file into the form I need for my graph.