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Android Build a Simple Android App (2014) Coding the Fun Facts Using an Array

Sayed Hamza Ahmed
Sayed Hamza Ahmed
1,349 Points
Posted by Sayed Hamza Ahmed
Sayed Hamza Ahmed
1,349 Points

i am not able to initialize

i have declared a string but not able to initialize it please help

Array.java 
String[] sports = { "Basketball", "Baseball", "Tennis" };
String bestSport="";

1 Answer

Chase Marchione
Chase Marchione
155,055 Points
Chase Marchione
Chase Marchione
155,055 Points

Hi Sayed,

Arrays are said to start at 0, in the sense that the first element is said to be at the '0th place' of the array. Square bracket notation ([]s) are used to represent arrays, and adding a number, or 'index', inside of those brackets indicates which place in the array we are interested in pulling a value from.

Thus, the following code would store "Basketball" in the bestSport String variable:

String[] sports = { "Basketball", "Baseball", "Tennis" };
String bestSport = sports[0];

Hope this helps!

Sayed Hamza Ahmed
Sayed Hamza Ahmed
1,349 Points
Sayed Hamza Ahmed
Sayed Hamza Ahmed
1,349 Points

Thank you so much CJ appreciated :D