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Android Build a Simple Android App (2014) Coding the Fun Facts Using an Array

Posted by Tim Huurdemam
Tim Huurdemam
Courses Plus Student 323 Points

I'm stuck

I don't know how to do it, I can't come up with the answer. Does anybody know how to do it? The question was: Create a new String variable named bestSport and set its value it to be the first element of the sports array.

Array.java 
String[] sports = { "Basketball", "Baseball", "Tennis" };
String bestSport = sports(0);

3 Answers

Michael Salomon
Michael Salomon
1,356 Points
Michael Salomon
Michael Salomon
1,356 Points

use [] instead of {};

String[] sports = { "Basketball", "Baseball", "Tennis" }; String bestSport = sports[0];

Yael Wells
Yael Wells
15,979 Points
Yael Wells
Yael Wells
15,979 Points

When you want to get an element from an array knowing the position of the element, you have to put the position in "[]".

For example:

String[] mobileOS = ["Android", "IOS"];
int position = 0;
String myOS = mobileOS[position];

"()" is commonly used to call a function.

Joe White
Joe White
9,750 Points
Joe White
Joe White
9,750 Points

If I remember correctly, I had to do this with 3 lines of code for it to accept the result

Tim Huurdemam
Tim Huurdemam
Courses Plus Student 323 Points

what can I add to make the three lines?

Joe White
Joe White
9,750 Points
Joe White
Joe White
9,750 Points

As per Yael' answer