I've got a problem.

I'm trying to compare a String and a int but can't seem to get working. What am I doing wrong?

Getting this from Eclipse:

The type of the expression must be an array type but it resolved to List

    int numberOfMoves;
    List<String> highscoreLinkedList = new LinkedList<String>();

    if (moves < Integer.parseInt(highscoreLinkedList[2])){
      highscoreLinkedList[2] = Integer.toString(moves);
      highscoreLinkedList[1] = name;
    }

This is for a highscore textfile for a game I'm making. The String at index 2 is a number of moves and the int moves is also a number of moves.

• java
• string
• linked-list
• compare
• int

You cannot access a list element using highscoreLinkedList[2] - that syntax is reserved for arrays. To access a list you have to use the get() method, i.e. highscoreLinkedList.get(2)

You are trying to treat list as an array, but the only way to access elements of the is through calling get() method. Your code does not compile.

Lists don't work the same way as arrays in Java. To access a certain element, you have to use the get() method, and to get the element, you need to use set(), like so:

// you have highscoreLinkedList[2], it should be:
highscoreLinkedList.get(2);

// you have highscoreLinkedList[2] = ..., it should be:
highscoreLinkedList.set(2, Integer.toString(moves));

You can see all of the methods for LinkedList here.