Homework - Any help is welcome..beginner java homework

So this is part of the program I'm creating.
I have alphabets assigned to each number
2=A or B or C
(and so on.. in the code as matrix)

I have a sample word (in this code (XAZ)
and sample number "929"

my method is supposed to return "true"
as
9==X
2==A
9==Z

however somehow it doesn't work..
can anybody give me feed back, I'm in a rush and my code might be a little hard to read

import java.util.*;
import java.lang.Character;

public class test
{ static char[][] numAlphabet={{},{},
{'A','B','C'},
{'D','E','F'},
{'G','H','I'},
{'J','K','L'},
{'M','N','O'},
{'P','Q','R','S'},
{'T','U','V'},
{'W','X','Y','Z'}};
public static void main(String[]args)
{
String num="929";
String word="XAZ";
wordMatch(num,word);
}


public static boolean wordMatch(String num, String word)
{

int integerValue;
boolean flag=false;
int j=0;
int k=0;

integerValue=(int)num.charAt(0)-(int)'0';

for(j=0;j<numAlphabet[integerValue].length&&flag==false;j++){

if(numAlphabet[integerValue[j]==word.charAt(0)&&num.length()>1)
{
wordMatch(num.substring(0+1,num.length()),word.substring(0+1,word.length()));
}
else if(numAlphabet[integerValue][j]==word.charAt(0)&&num.length()==1)
{flag=true;}
}
System.out.println(flag);

return flag;
}

}

When you say it doesn't work, do you mean it does not compile or does not do what you want? Please include the error?

There is a typo in this line:



sould be



Hope this helps,
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