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Thread: Why am I getting so many errors in my code?

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    Default Why am I getting so many errors in my code?

    import java.util.*;
    import java.io.*;
     
    class arraysort{
    	public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception{
    		int index,number=0;			
    		Scanner input = new Scanner(new File("wordlist.txt"));
    		String words[] = new String[100];
    		String max,k;
     
    		int a[];
    		for(int i=0;i<words.length;i++){
    		   number = (int)(Math.random()*10);
    		   for (int j=0;j<number;j++){
    		     words[j] = input.nextLine();
    		}
     
    		for (int c=0;c<99;c++){
               {
    		     max = a[c];
    		     for (int j=c+1;j<100;j++)
    			   {
    			     if (a[j].compareTo(max)>0)
    				   {
    				     max = a[j];
    					 index = j;
    				   }
    			   }
    			 k = a[c];
    			 a[c] = a[index];
    			 a[index] = k;
    		    }
    		}
    	  }
     
    	}
    }

    Errors are:

    arraysort.java:20: error: incompatible types
    max = a[c];
    ^
    required: String
    found: int
    arraysort.java:23: error: int cannot be dereferenced
    if (a[j].compareTo(max)>0)
    ^
    arraysort.java:25: error: incompatible types
    max = a[j];
    ^
    required: String
    found: int
    arraysort.java:29: error: incompatible types
    k = a[c];
    ^
    required: String
    found: int
    arraysort.java:31: error: incompatible types
    a[index] = k;
    ^
    required: int
    found: String
    5 errors
    Error: Could not find or load main class arraysort
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    How do I resolve these errors?


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    Default Re: Why am I getting so many errors in my code?

    Take them one at a time.

    The error that says int cannot be dereferenced means that you're trying to use the dot operator on an int, which is a primitive. Think about exactly what you're trying to do; there is a simpler way than trying to call a method on a primitive.

    The errors about incompatible types means that you're trying to store a String value in an int variable, or an int value in a String value, or something similar. There are functions in the String and Integer classes that might help with conversions.

    Also, fix your indentations, which should help you match up parenthesis.
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