Ok, the problem is you are using the wrong property. You should use 
getFormatCharge, which works and is supposed to give that sort of, well, 
formal charge. The getCharge is used by classes assigning partial charges and 
will always give 0 if you do not explicitly run one of them.
Stefan

On Monday 21 May 2007 20:28, Daniel Fontaine wrote:
> Hello, I am new to CDK and the mailing list.
>
> I am reading in a list of compounds from an sdf file that include
> charges.  These charges don't appear on the atoms of the corresponding
> Molecules, however, when loading with MDLV2000Reader.  All atoms show a
> charge of 0.0.
>
> This is a problem because I am trying to add implicit hydrogens with
> HydrogenAdder. I frequently end up with too many hydrogens and the wrong
> mass.
>
> any help would be appreciated,
> Dan
>
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