# Declaring static string array

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/declaring-static-string-array/350880
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** painless
**Created:** [January 11, 2024, 6:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/declaring-static-string-array/350880 "2024-01-11T18:30:36Z")
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### Author: ![dat\_boi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@dat\_boi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dat_boi)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2024, 6:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/declaring-static-string-array/350880/1 "2024-01-11T18:30:36Z")

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So i'v been trying to create a very simple array of strings like so :

```auto
String[] painfull_lang = ["word1","word2","word3"];

```

but i keep getting syntax errors

````Unhandled

Cannot cast from [java.util.ArrayList] to [java.lang.String[]].

Stack:
[
  "String[] painfull_lang = [ \"word1\",\"word2\",\"word3\" ...",
  " ```

i also tried :

````

List test = Arrays.asList("");  
List test = new ArrayList\<\>(Arrays.asList(""));

```auto

```

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### Author: ![RabBit\_BR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rabbit_br/32/82261_2.png) [@RabBit\_BR](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/RabBit_BR)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2024, 8:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/declaring-static-string-array/350880/2 "2024-01-11T20:27:19Z")

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Hi @dat_boi

Did you try this:

```
  String[] painfull_lang = new String[] {"word1","word2","word3"};

```

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### Author: ![dat\_boi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@dat\_boi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dat_boi)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2024, 3:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/declaring-static-string-array/350880/3 "2024-01-12T15:57:07Z")

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thank you @RabBit_BR it worked !

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2024, 3:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/declaring-static-string-array/350880/4 "2024-02-09T15:57:22Z")

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