This file contains a walkthrough on how to use important tools in Java. These include Vectors, Enumerations and StringTokenizers. All of these classes are located in the package java.util VECTORS =============================================================================== In order to use the Vector class, you need to import java.util.Vector. Look in the Java API to see a list of all the methods that can be used with Vectors. The great thing about Vectors is that they are dynamic like Linked Lists, but they give instantaneous access to elements like arrays. So lets say we had a small java class that utilized Vectors. We want to add words when a person says them into the Vector - as long as the word is not in the Vector already. When they are done speaking, we want to print out all of the words that they said. import java.util.Vector; public class SaveWords { public SaveWords(){ Vector v = new Vector(); String word = ""; while((word = WordISay()) != null) // as long as I say a word { if(!(v.contains(word))) // check to see if in Vector { // if not add it v.add(word) } } // end while // loop through the vector (notice the size() method) for(int i = 0; i