Array Declaration doubt

[saloni jhanwar]

class ArrayReturn 
{
	String[] getArray()
	{
		
		return String[] s={"MOHAN","ROHAN","MEENA"};
				
	}
	public static void main(String[] args) 
	{
		ArrayReturn obj=new ArrayReturn();
		
		String[] get=obj.getArray();
		
		for(String r:get)
		{
			System.out.println(r);
		}
	}
}

return String[] s={"MOHAN","ROHAN","MEENA"};  //compiler error in this line

it works when i write

String[] s={"MOHAN","ROHAN","MEENA"};
return s;

but i want this in one line ? any idea ?

[Thakur Sachin Singh]

in java we can return only class type value with return keyword.

[Matthew Brown]

saloni jhanwar wrote:

return String[] s={"MOHAN","ROHAN","MEENA"};  //compiler error in this line

Here you're trying to declare a variable and return it on the same line. You can't do that, but fortunately you don't need to - there's no need for the variable as you can just create the array and return it immediately. However, because you don't have an array declaration, you need to tell the compiler what kind of array to create. So:

return new String[] {...};

[saloni jhanwar]

Matthew Brown wrote:

saloni jhanwar wrote:

return String[] s={"MOHAN","ROHAN","MEENA"};  //compiler error in this line

Here you're trying to declare a variable and return it on the same line. You can't do that, but fortunately you don't need to - there's no need for the variable as you can just create the array and return it immediately. However, because you don't have an array declaration, you need to tell the compiler what kind of array to create. So:

return new String[] {...};

Thanks Metthew

[gurpeet singh]

ya would just like to supplement Matthew's answer. You can do it in the following way as told by Mathew

return new String[]{"hello","world", "and so on"}

This is called ANONYMOUS ARRAY CREATION in java. It is like creating an array JUST IN TIME without assigning it to any variable. beware though of the syntax

String [] s = new String[3]; 

//here we have declared size between the rectangular braces

new String[3]{"hello","world","and so on"}   // this will result in compiler error. 

So watch out for code like this.