'Not a statement', '; expected'

Question

I am getting both these errors (on the marked line) with the following code in java;

    String data[] = file.getInput();

    while(data[0] != "X"){
        String ID = data[0];
        String firstName = data[1];
        String lastName = data[2];

        data[] = file.getInput(); //errors occurr here  
    }

Note that file.getInput() is a method that returns an array of Strings from a CSV file using the InputReader.

That causes an ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException on the line: String firstName = data[1]; — Milo Cowell, Dec 03 '17 at 10:40
The issue is fixed, but you probably want to replace the `!= "X"` by some `!"X".equals(` — , Dec 03 '17 at 10:46
Aside from anything else, `data[0] != "X"` is incorrect. Details: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/513832/how-do-i-compare-strings-in-java — T.J. Crowder, Dec 03 '17 at 10:52

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 03 '17 at 12:22

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Just remove the [] from data.

data = file.getInput();

edited Dec 03 '17 at 12:22

Eldelshell

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answered Dec 03 '17 at 10:42

kavi chapagain

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I would not downvote this answer if it had some kind of explanation as to why the OP needs to do this. – Dawood ibn Kareem Dec 03 '17 at 10:50

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 03 '17 at 10:52

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Remove the ‘[]’ from data :

data = file.getInput();  ‘Do the statement like this’

answered Dec 03 '17 at 10:52

Lucifer Rodstark

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'Not a statement', '; expected'

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