My ArrayList method returns 0 instead of 6

[earnest garden]

This is my code, and hopefully the small comments I've left would help describe my thought process for each step. I am unsure why this method returns only 0s @_@

    public static int maxLength(ArrayList<String> list) {
        int counter = 0; //Initialize the counter.
        int tracker = 0; //Saves the highest int count.

        for(int i = 0; i<list.size(); i++){ //Runs through the ArrayList
            String n = list.get(i); //Gets the value of the index
            
            for(int j = 0; j<n.length();j++){ //Counts the amount of characters.
                if (n.charAt(j)!=' '){
                    counter++;
                }
            }

            if (counter > tracker){ //Replaces the value of tracker if counter is higher
                counter = tracker;
            }
            counter = 0;
        }
        return tracker;
    }

[wide solstice]

<@&987246399047479336> please have a look, thanks.

[wide solstice]

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public static int maxLength(ArrayList<String> list) {
  int counter = 0;
  //Initialize the counter.
  int tracker = 0;
  //Saves the highest int count.
  for (int i = 0; i < list.size(); i++) {
    //Runs through the ArrayList
    String n = list.get(i);
    //Gets the value of the index
    for (int j = 0; j < n.length(); j++) {
      //Counts the amount of characters.
      if (n.charAt(j) != '') {
        counter++;
      }
    }
    if (counter > tracker) {
      //Replaces the value of tracker if counter is higher
      counter = tracker;
    }
    counter = 0;
  }
  return tracker;
}

[olive gust]

u did counter = tracker

not tracker = counter

so u replaced ur counter which was for example 1

with tracker which was 0

that way u constantly reset ur counter back to 0

and tracker never changes

[earnest garden]

Many thanks, Zabuzard u.u

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