Thread: bit array and register problem

When you create an array, it allocates storage for the number of elements that you specified for the array in the new statement. The values in the slots are null until you give them values.
So Next you must assign values to each of the slots in the array.
It's a two step process: create the array and fill the array with objects.

I tried filling the array with this code:

	public Register(int numberOfBits)
	{
		Bit[] registerBit = new Bit[numberOfBits];
		for (i = 0; i < numberOfBits; i++)
		{
		registerBit[i].reset();
		}
	}

When I run the debugger, I see that the program creates an array with numberOfBits of null values. That for loop should be giving a value of 0 for every i up to the last one but instead I get the error:

----jGRASP exec: java -Xnoagent -Djava.compiler=NONE -Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,suspend=y,server=y RegisterTest

----jGRASP: connected to debugger.
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
at Register.<init>(Register.java:119)
at RegisterTest.main(RegisterTest.java:5)

----jGRASP wedge2: exit code for process is 1.

You need to read some more about arrays.
Go to this site: Trail: Learning the Java Language: Table of Contents (The Java™ Tutorials)
and Find Arrays

for this Code

	public Register(int numberOfBits, int valueStored)
	{
		Bit[] registerBit = new Bit[numberOfBits];
		for (i = 0; i < numberOfBits; i++)
			{
			registerBit[i] = new Bit();
			}
		String valueBinary = Integer.toBinaryString(valueStored);
		for (i = 0 ; i < registerBit.length - 1;i++)
		{
			int start = i;
			int end = i+1;
			int value;
			String valueString = valueBinary.substring(start, end);
			value = Integer.parseInt(valueString);
			if (value == 1)
				{
					registerBit[i].reset();
				}
			else
				{
					registerBit[i].set();
				}
		}
	}

I want to create a toString() method that will return the string valueBinary. I tried doing this code:

	public String showRegister()
	{
		return valueBinary;
	}

but the code doesn't recognize the valueBinary in the showRegister() method. Is there a way where I can pull something from another method into this one?

Is there a way where I can pull something from another method into this one?

The valueBinary variable is defined local to the constructor. If you want to be able to use it in other methods, you need to move its definition to the class level.

You can define it in the class and give it a value in a method.

Is there a way to form a string from an array? I want to concatenate all the values in order from Bit[i] to Bit[bit.length]

a way to form a string from an array

What do you want to see in the String?

I got the string to work. I'm having an issue with the register now. Every time I create a new register, it saves over all the variables for the previous register. Is that a problem with the private variables?

I finished the code thanks for all your help everyone.