How to store a split string as an array in Java?

Question

I'm trying to take input from the user as part of a text-based adventure game. The input from the user can only be 2 words, a verb and a noun, and I want to split the string input into 2 words using the split() method and store that as a string array.

Here is some of the code:

in = input.nextLine();

inArray = Arrays.toString(in.split(" ", 2));

I get an error saying "Type mismatch: cannot convert from String to String[]"

How do I split a string and store it as a string array?

Answer 1

in.split(" ", 2) creates an array of String elements. Arrays don't generally print easily. Using Arrays.toString() is a good way to get a nice String representation of the array object. If you want to store the array object, use the result of in.split(" ", 2) , and format it as a string only when you need to.