Exception when creating an array

**Majora94** · February 23rd, 2012, 04:49 PM

I'm losing the will to live now.

I have created a class that simply initializes a number an then has a function that returns it. If I run the class normally it will return the number fine but whenever I want to create an array, it returns an exception.

This initializes the array and prints the number to the the console:

	public Game()
	{
		player[] p;
		p = new player[1];
		System.out.print(p[0].getX());
	}

And the class:

public class player
{
	int x, y;
	public player()
	{
		x=100;
		y=100;
	}
	public int getX()
	{
		return x;
	}
}

**Sean4u** · February 23rd, 2012, 05:23 PM

it returns an exception

which is ... ?

**JonLane** · February 23rd, 2012, 05:33 PM

you are making a new array object. this array object holds player objects
when you call your array and ask it for the first player object it sees that it has no players inside it, thus it can not run your get method.

effectively:

System.out.print(p[0].getX());

is saying:

System.out.print(null.getX());

TADA!
Jonathan

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