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    Here is a problem im working on for my intro to java class:
    1.Design a class named Location for locating a maximal value and its location in a twodimensional
    array. The class contains:
    2.Private data fields row and column that store the indices it a two dimensional
    array as int type.
    3.A no-arg constructor that creates a location with default values.
    4.A constructor with the arguments for row and column.
    5.The method named locateLargest(double [][] x) that returns the location of the
    largest element in a two-dimensional array. The return value is an instance of
    Location. This method should also print the largest value of the array.
    2/3
    The method is: public Location locateLargest(double [][] x) {}
    6.A toString() method that prints a Location object in the form [row][column].


    My code:
    package classAssignment;
    import java.util.Scanner;
    public class Location {
    	private int row;
    	private int column;
    	private int[][] array = new int[row][column];
    	public static void main(String[] args) {
    		Scanner numberInput = new Scanner(System.in);
    		System.out.println("Enter the number of rows and columns of the array: ");
    		int row = numberInput.nextInt();
    		int column = numberInput.nextInt();
    		Location l1 = new Location(row, column);
     
     
    	}//end main
     
    	Location(){}//end constructor
     
    	Location(int row, int column){
    		this.row = row;
    		this.column = column;
    	}//end arg constructor
     
     
     
    	public Location locateLargest(double[][] x){
    		double max = 0;
    		for (int i = 0; i < x.length; i++){
    			for (int j = 0; j < x.length; i ++){
    				if (x[i][j] > max)
    					max = x[i][j];
    			}
    		}
     
    		return x;
     
    	}//end locateLargest()
     
    	public int getRow(){
    		return this.row;
    	}//end getRow()
     
    	public int getColumn(){
    		return this.column;
    	}//end getColumn()
     
    }//end class

    My problem is in the locateLargest method. I can't return the max because it is of type location and I have no idea how to convert it into a double. I've even tried declaring the array in multiple other places like in another class or in the locateLargest method itself but those ideas didn't work either. Any help would be appreciated.


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    Default Re: type mismatch problem

    can't return the max because it is of type location and I have no idea how to convert it into a double.
    Use the new statement to create an instance of the Location class with the row and column where the largest was found. Then return it.
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