Sylvain Cloutier

Hello Harry,
First, I wonder why you use char array if you are going to store integer in it. If you want to have a 3D Box with different width, height and lenght, I would suggest you one thing. Think of you box as an object in the real world. You have you box with properties such as width, height, lenght, peharps color, etc. What you intend with that object, is to set and read those properties. I will not enter in all the details here, but I suggest you read about Object Oriented Programming with Java (OOP). You will find lots of documentation on the internet about it. But, since I wouln't post a reply to say: "Google it!" because I'm not a retard (I think), I will give you an example.

/** * Here is you object that represent the box itself * You need to put that in a separate file, or directly your main class. * If you put it in a new file, you must name it MyBox.java (same name as the class) **/ public class MyBox { // Here, before every thing, you need define the properties of your box private width; private lenght; private height; /** * This is the constructor of you box, which initialize the properties. **/ public MyBox() { this.width = 1; this.height = 1; this.height = 1; } // Then, you define the functions and method that will access the properties public void setWidth(int newWidth) { this.width = newWidth; } public int getWidth() { return this.width; } // Do the same for all properties }

Once you created that object with all "getter" (that reads the properties of the object) and "setter" (that changes those properties), you will be able to have a real representation of your box. You can now, say, in you main function, create you object and modify it

// Create your object MyBox newBox = new MyBox(); // Show the width System.out.println("Width of the box: " + newBox.getWidth()); // Set its properties to the desired one newBox.setWidth(100); System.out.println("New width of the box: " + newBox.getWidth());

If you want to discuss more about it, feel free to ask me clarifications about that. I know Object Oriented Programming might be hard to understand since there are lots of things to know, but trust me, it's powerfull!