type mismatch cannot convert from element type object to string

Question

I keep getting this error when making a search method in my code to search through string. I have gone through alot of examples trying to fix this but I cant find any. Thank

Answer 1

Add notes as a global variable to your class

public class Notebook{
ArrayList notes = null;

....
}

In the constructor, do:

public Notebook()
{
    notes = new ArrayList();
}