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Alexander Moise
1,410 PointsArrays and declaring variables at the same time
Hello everyone and Ben!!! it's Alex and i believe I missed on how to declare a string variable and initialize it to the first element of an array can anyone help please? Thankyou!!!
3 Answers
Andrew Nash
344 PointsIf you have an array of String objects like this: String[] stringArray = new String[] {"one", "two", "three"};
You can initialize a String variable to the first element like this: String firstString = stringArray[0];
The value of firstString should be set to "one". Hope that helps!
Hiroki Hokari
5,308 PointsInitializing Array,,, doesn't ring a bell. I think the way to put something in array is to "add" it after creating the skelton or structure of it.
For example, (some kind of)Array array = new Array(); or String[] string = new String[(length)]; If this is called initializing, this is pretty much it. And then array.add(something); or string[2(which means the third element)] = "Something";
Alexander Moise
1,410 PointsAndrew Nash your awesome you dont know how long it took me to get through that single objective. Thankyou your the man lol!!! Hiroki thanks for putting out the time to try to answer my question but for future reference if you ever need any help on this matter just look to Andrew Nash's response Thanks my "friend"
Andrew Nash
344 PointsNo problem! I've been working with Java for a while. If you have any other Java related questions as you go I'd be happy to try and help.