Add method to hash table

[Remaan Rem]

Can any one help me with this code ..
It should add an item to the dictionary .. but when I print the hash table I get null for all the entries ..

So this is the add method :

/** Add a new dictionary entry to the end of the current sequence of dictionary word
	 * entries (unsorted!) based upon the provided input parameters
	 * 
	 * @param w is the word string
	 * @param d is the definition string
	 */
	public void addEntry(String w, String d){
		entry.add(new DictEntry(w, d));
		sorted = false;
	// IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
		// Add the "add " method for the hash table ..
		
		int hashValue = hashFunctionCalculator(w);
		System.out.println (hashValue);
		HashNode newpointer = HashTable[hashValue];
	
		while (newpointer != null && !(newpointer.data.equals(w))) {
			newpointer = newpointer.NextNode;
		}
	
		
		DictEntry  x = new DictEntry (w,d);
	if (newpointer == null) {
		HashNode priorTopointer = HashTable[hashValue];
		priorTopointer = new HashNode (x,null);
	}
	
	numEntries++;
	
	
	}

[Ernest Friedman-Hill]

This looks like one method out of an extraordinarily complicated class; I'm sure we can't figure out what's wrong by looking at this small sample, but I also doubt anyone would want to read through the whole thing if you posted it here.

One thing that's suspicious about this is that I see you creating two DictEntry objects; how come? In general I'd think you'd want to store a value in just one place, but here you seem to be creating two, and doing different things with each. That can't be good.

[Remaan Rem]

I think that you're saying that I have two DictEntries because you were looking at both parts of the code.
When the first one above the line works perfectly.
However, the problem is with the hash table adding method.

[David Newton]

Could you post the source again, as two separate code blocks, and explain the problem again? Thanks!

[Paul Clapham]

Remaan Rem wrote:
Can any one help me with this code ..
It should add an item to the dictionary .. but when I print the hash table I get null for all the entries ..

I don't see any code like this:

HashTable[index] = something;

That might well explain why the contents of the HashTable array always remain null.