I'm stuck on a simple program that requires me to check two words if they are anagrams.

I know C but java..just starting out. I can read in and print to a file, no problem, do loops, etc. But I cannot break this string "FOO BAR" or "FOO OOF" into two so I can then check them.

help?

Not much about OO in your question. I assume that you're working with java.lang.String objects. What methods are you to use, or are you to look them up and decide for yourself?

methods?

no idea.. I have an idea but I cannot figure out how to code it. I think when I get that one string split into to I can call compareTo() and that will give a boolean value if they are the same or not

Functions in java all belong to some class, and are called methods.

You haven't defined the problem. Are you trying to split the string on spaces? If so, you can search the string for the spaces and extract substrings. Or you can use a regular expression.

Here's an API reference: http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/.

java.lang.string is described here: http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html

I looked up on gotapi and then a friend nudged me in the correct direction

I was using FIN.nextLine(); when I should have been using FIN.next();

that issue is solved, now to sort and compare

thanks!

I'm a little unclear on your objectives: are you saying you need to break a string into individual words?! If so, you can use StringTokenizer class:
http://www.devdaily.com/java/edu/pj/pj010006

You can do very advanced String manipulations with RegEx (Regular Expressions). Let us know if you need more direction.

James

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I fixed it.. I needed to use .next() instead of .nextLine()

Be careful with comparing objects such as two Strings in Java as they are objects so obj1=obj2 does not yield predicatable results you need to use .equals() method, so it should be obj1.equals(obj2).

Hope it helps -
James

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U have an idea for my compare. Hoping it works