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Master Exam Question - Incorrect answer?

 
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Hi, Here is a question from Master Exam.
Quesion : What is the result ?
public class Test
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
long [][] a1 ;
long []a2[];
a2 = new long[3][];
a1 = a2 ; // mark 1
System.out.println(a1[1][0]);
}
}
The answer says compilation error on line mark 1. But I am able to compile it and getting runtime exception as expected. Is there anything I am missing or the answer provided is incorrect?
Thanks in advance,
Prasad
 
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The code gives NullPointerException and not the compiler error. As the array is 2-dimensional array & 2nd dimension is not defined,we cannot access the element a1[1][0].
 
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