vectors

[Rabbit3cat]

Hi ive a question about vectors. I have two vectors each containing the same string of 8 words:
ONE TWO THREE THERE
FOUR FIVE SIX SEVEN
and i am comparing the two:

int sameWord = 0;
for(int i = 0; i < vector1.size(); i++)
{
Object a = vector1.elementAt(i);

for(int j = 0; j < vector2.size(); j++)
{
Object b = vector2.elementAt(j);
if(a.toString().compareTo(b.toString()) == 0){
sameWord++;

}
}
}

the result however when comparing the two is that 9 of these words are the same whereas i would expect it to be eight since there are only 8 words in each string and both vectors contain the same string. Does anybody know why this result would be 9?
Thanks

[Oak]

The result is actually 8 as you will see when running the attached file.

I am not sure how you were getting 9 but it makes no sense. Do you have a screen shot that proves you were getting 9?

[Khalid Ali]

Object b = vector2.elementAt(j);
if(a.toString().compareTo(b.toString()) == 0){
sameWord++;

...... i would expect it to be eight since there are only 8 words in each string and both vectors contain the same string. Does anybody know why this result would be 9?
Thanks

could it be that you have initialized sameWord=1 in the beginning somewhere?

[Oak]

I doubt it since he probably used copy and paste to add the code to the post.

[Khalid Ali]

if u are right then he certainly has more values int he vector then he expects

[Oak]

Yeah, from the code he/she posted that is that only thing we can assume. I have a feeling he/she has already figured it out :P