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Hi folks,
I've declared a string array in the beginning of my program with
String[] sData;
when I try to input values into this array in a later portion with

sData = {"...", "mmm"};
I get an error that says illegal start of expression?
What's wrong?
I can fix it by changing the line to:
String[] sData = {"...", "mmm"};
but then it doesn't recognize the initial declaration.  This is a problem
because I also need to initialize the initial sData declaration value.

other question:
is there a string array object constructor?

Thanks a bunch
Jacques