Thread: Filling an array with user input and a method

i need to create a program that asks the user for an array and then
asks the user to fill in the slots of the array but i have to do it
in a method can any 1 help i can post the question if it will help

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public class Ex6_02 
{
 
    public static void main(String[] args) 
    {
        String ans = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("give me a length");
        int Lgth = Integer.parseInt(ans);
        int[] int1 = new int[Lgth];
        int [] arrint = createEmptyIntArray(int1);
        System.out.println(arrint);
        /*
        String [] arrstr = createEmptyStringArray();
 
 
        boolean [] arrboo = createEmptyBooleanArray();*/
        for (int i = 0; i < arrint.length; i++) {
             System.out.println(int1[i]);
        }
        /*
        for (int i = 0; i < arrstr.length; i++) {
 
        }
 
        for (int i = 0; i < arrboo.length; i++) {
 
        }*/
 
    }
 
 
    /*    private static String[] createEmptyStringArray()
    {
 
 
 
    }
 
    private static boolean[] createEmptyBooleanArray()
    {
 
 
 
    }*/
 
    private static int[] createEmptyIntArray(int[] int1) 
    {
        String ans = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("give me a number");
        int Lgth = Integer.parseInt(ans);
        int[] arr2 = new int [int1.length];
 
        for (int i = 0; i < int1.length; i++)
        {
            if (int1.length == i)
            {
            arr2[i] = int1[i];
            }
 
        }
 
        return arr2;
 
 
 
 
    }

thats what i go so farm but then i try some thing else it freaks out

ok yea i know that but what i need to do is make it so that it asks for a number for every open slot in the array and i cant think of how to do that