Java: Converting a char to a string

Question

Hello all,

I have just done this in eclipse:

String firstInput = removeSpaces(myIn.readLine());
String first = new String(firstInput.charAt(0));

However, eclipse complains that:

The constructor String(char) is undefined

How do I convert a char to a string then??

Thanks

EDIT

I tried the substring method but it didn't work for some reason but gandalf's way works for me just fine! Very straightforward!

Answer 1

Easiest way?

String x = 'c'+"";

or of course

String.valueOf('c');

Answer 2

String x = String.valueOf('c');`

That's the most straight forward way.

Answer 3

String firstInput = removeSpaces(myIn.readLine());
String first = firstInput.substring(0,1);

This has an advantage that no new storage is allocated.

Answer 4

Instead of...

String first = new String(firstInput.charAt(0));

you could use...

String first = firstInput.substring(0,1);

substring(begin,end) gives you a segment of a string - in this case, 1 character.

Answer 5

Why not use substring?

String first = firstInput.substring(0, 1);

Answer 6

You could do this:

String s = Character.toString('k');