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Comparing chars within Java StringBuffer

I want to check if the char at a certain index in a StringBuffer is equal to a char. I am getting an error, how do I compare them? Here's my code: 

//I have an established StringBuffer called stringbuffer

char[] mychar = null;
for(int i = 0; i < stringbuffer.length(); ++i){
        if(stringbuffer.charAt(i) != " "){
              mychar[i] = stringbuffer.charAt(i);
        }
}

The error I am getting is incompatible operand types char and String. Not sure why, because I am comparing a char of a StringBuffer, not a String or StringBuffer.

Solution

  • Values of char type are surrounded with ', Strings are surrounded with " and you can't compare char with String with == in Java.

    Try with 

    if(stringbuffer.charAt(i) != ' '){

    or maybe cleaner (but this will check fore more than just simple ' ')

    if (! Character.isWhitespace(stringbuffer.charAt(i)) ) {