Collection-Based For Loop Troubles!

Question

I am trying to compile this code from the book "Beginning Java 2: JDK 5 Edition" by Ivor Horton, using XCode on a Mac with SDK 1.4 (I know that the book is for JDK 5, but I figure that the first 5 chapters or so are going to be basic enough that it won't matter?):
public class StringTokenizing {
public static void main(String[] args) {
String text = "To be or not to be, that is the question.";
String delimiters = "[, .]";
int[] limits = {0, -1};
for(int limit : limits) {
System.out.println("\nAnalysis with limit = " + limit);
String[] tokens = text.split(delimiters, limit);
System.out.println("Number of tokens: " + tokens.length);
for(String token : tokens) {
System.out.println(token);
But, just as with EVERY code involving collection-based for loops -- In this case, the "for(int limit : limits)" statement, etc -- the compiler won't do it. The error points to that line and just says "; expected" as if it has no idea what to do with for loops that are not in the for (x ; x ; x) format...
...Grrrr. This is really starting to make it impossible to follow the examples in the book. Can someone help me?
Thanks!
-matt

Answer 1

Kay, have you asked a written permission prior to posting that reply
while I was posting my reply hm? I guess you didn't.
kind regards,
Jos (it's all anarchy and chaos overhere ;-)
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+----- slow old sod