The final local variable cannot be assigned

Question

I have an array of seats, and the array has two strings(selected and empty). On mouse click, I want to traverse the array and find the selected seat. When I press the button

Answer 1

Make sure your variable doesn't have the final modifier.

//final, can be set only when the object is created.
private final String seatno;

//no final modifier, the value can be set every time you "want"
private String seatno;

Also, to compare Strings you should use equals:

if(anArray[x].equals("selected"))