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Object Array doubt,please help

 
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Hi All,


public class Java_arrays{
public static void main(String[] args) {
Dog[][] theDogs=new Dog[3][];
System.out.println(theDogs[1][0].toString());
}
}

class Dog{
}


This code will give RunTimeError because theDogs[1][0] is having null value.I got that.
I tried to execute the above program with some value.Can anyone help me to figure out where I am doing mistake on the below program.


public class Java_arrays{
public static void main(String[] args) {
Dog[][] theDogs=new Dog[3][];
theDogs[0]=new Dog[2]; //assigning column

Dog theD=new Dog(5);

theDogs[0][1] =theD.p;

System.out.println(theDogs[1][0].toString());
}
}

class Dog{
int p;
Dog(int p){
this.p=p;
}
}


I would like to get the answer 5.Please help me.
 
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try this , this should work

public class java_arrays{
public static void main(String[] args) {
Dog[][] theDogs=new Dog[3][];
theDogs[0]=new Dog[2]; //assigning column

Dog theD=new Dog(5);

theDogs[0][1] =theD;

System.out.println(theDogs[0][1].toString());
}
}

class Dog{
int p;
Dog(int p){
this.p=p;
}
public String toString()
{
return ""+p;
}}

Good luck ,
santhosh sharma (scjp 1.4 100%)
 
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Hi Shiva,

If u'll look at ur code carefully u'll be able to find out the problem...

In first line u've created a Dogs array

Dog[][] theDogs=new Dog[3][];

and then u r trying to assign it an int value

theDogs[0][1] =theD.p;

"p" is an int type instance variable of Dog class ... in the thedogs arrays u can assign only Dogs object not any other type objects ... unless they can implicitly be promoted to that type ...

Second problem is the array index .....

theDogs[1][0].toString()

in the above statement it shud be [0][1] ... as u have assigned the value at that position not at [1][0].

Hope it will help u ..

ashi
 
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Thanks Santhosh,Asha.It worked.
 
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This code will give RunTimeError because theDogs[1][0] is having null value.I got that.


I think you misunderstand the null type
this code will give a NullPointerException my answer is because
theDogs[1] is having null value other than theDogs[1][0] is having null value.


[ February 16, 2006: Message edited by: Changchun Wang ]
[ February 16, 2006: Message edited by: Changchun Wang ]
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