The type of the expression must be an array type but it resolved to ArrayList (trying to compare string in two arrays

Question

Iam trying to compare each string or int in array with another array then print the results according to whether the string exists or not in the other array: Below is the wh

Answer 1

You can't get ArrayList objects by using [] operator like arrays.Use get() method on ArrayList to get the objects. So change the code

 if (Stocks[i].equals(NameofFileinDir[j])) > 0) {  

to

  if (Stocks[i].equals(NameofFileinDir.get([j]))) > 0) {