Java string help

[Edutainment]

Haven't been here in a while. I'm starting to learn Java at school and need a little help.

How do I put the characters of a string into an array?

public class Draw(String s){
//turn s into array here
}

Plz & thanks

[SpongeBuell]

first of all, you'd want a method... the public class Draw(String s){ line is a mix of what you'd have for a method and a class rolled into one. Java actually has a method built in to do just that, anyway. s.toCharArray() would do the trick, assuming s is your string name. If you need to do this in the middle of code, just do this:

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char[] charArray = new char[s.length()]; //s.length gives the exact number of fields in the string.  Any number can be used.
charArray = s.toCharArray();

[Edutainment]

My teacher told me you can handle strings just like arrays, and you don't need to convert it, at least not for my uses. How would I refer to a specific character? Same as an array? I'm a nub.

[soundwave]

You'd use the charAt(int index) method.

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String s = "hello"
s.charAt(1); // should =='e'

I guess with that method its technically acting like an array, they both have indeces, still that's a weird comparison.