Using .split(","); to split .csv data into an array whilst in a for loop?

Question

This is a problem I am currently having. Here is my code:

String[] sArray = new String[maxEntries*2];



for (int i = 0; i != (maxEntries*2); i++)

{

    sArray[i] = lines[i].split(",");

}

And lines[] is an array that has already read the data from the .csv file
The previous code WOULD work if I replaced 'i' with 0, for example, but I need to split the data for the entire lines[] array.
However, I get the following error message repeatedly:

error: incompatible types: String[] cannot be converted to String

            sArray[i] = lines[i].split(",");

                                      ^

any help would be much appreciated!

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Answer 1

sArray is an array of String, thus sArray[i] is a String. The split(String str) method returns an array.

You are trying to give an array value to a string variable. sArray must be an array of String arrays

Using .split(","); to split .csv data into an array whilst in a for loop?

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