Thread: Problem with array

Hi,
when i run my program, it shows this
"Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException"
but my array doesn't not contain any null value, how can i check if the array is null or not, or where is the null value contain? how can i solve this?
Thank you for helping

Post an SSCCE.

You can just do a check against null (someObject == null), but I would bet that you have a more fundamental problem.

Put some print statements in there, or step through it with a debugger. I'd bet that it's not actually entering all of the methods you think it is.

Hint: What does a constructor declaration look like?

Also, you really should follow standard naming conventions. Classes start with an uppercase letter, and methods and variables start with a lowercase letter. Using more descriptive names wouldn't hurt either.

String[] newPoint = tmp.split(" ");

Why would an entire String array be set to a single String value?

int p1 = Integer.parseInt(newPoint[0]);
int p2 = Integer.parseInt(newPoint[1]);
int dis = Integer.parseInt(newPoint[2]);

You never set the value for newPoint[0], newPoint[1], and newPoint[2].

That's likely the cause of the Null Pointer Exception.

Originally Posted by mingming8888

This is the code

import java.io.*;
 
public class P {
	public static BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
	public static int [][] Graph;
	public static int [][] Tree;
        public static tempEdge [] tedges;
        private static int tempi = 0, one, two, size;
 
        public void buildTable(String file){
            n = 5;
            tedges = new tempEdge[n*(n-1)/2];
            try{
                BufferedReader input = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));
                while(input.ready())
                {
                   String tmp = input.readLine();
                   String[] newPoint = tmp.split(" ");
                   int p1 = Integer.parseInt(newPoint[0]);
                   int p2 = Integer.parseInt(newPoint[1]);
                   int dis = Integer.parseInt(newPoint[2]);
                   tedges[tempi] = new tempEdge(p1,p2,dis);
                   System.out.println(tedges[tempi].firstPoint());
                   System.out.println(tedges[tempi].secondPoint());
                   System.out.println(tedges[tempi].distance());
                   tempi++;
                 }
            }
            catch(IOException e)
            {
		System.out.println("Error, file does not exist");
            }
            p();
        }
        //create a minal spanning tree
	public static void p()
	{
                n = 5;
                //set size of the array which store different things
		Graph = new int[n+1][n+1];
		Tree = new int[n+1][3];
 
                while(tedges != null){
                   for(int i=0;i<=tedges.length;i++){
                        //tempEdge e = tedges[i];
                            one = tedges[i].firstPoint();
                            two = tedges[i].secondPoint();
                            size = tedges[i].distance();
                            if((one!=two)&&(one<two)) {
                                Graph[one][two] = Graph[two][one] = size;
                            }
                    }
	}
 
.....
 
        public static void main (String[] args) throws IOException
        {
               P p = new P();
               p.buildTable("3Dtriangle.txt");
	}
}

and the file "3Dtriangle.txt" contains
1 2 50
1 3 30
1 4 20
2 3 15
2 4 45
3 4 60

I don't know why when the program goes to p(), then it will stops and said
"Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException"

Also, I'm not sure if it'll know the new value that you've set for tedges in buildTable when you use tedges in p.

i have tried to run it, and i got the result below
1
2
50
1
3
60
1
4
70
2
3
80
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
2
4
40
3
4
60
1
1
1
1
1
1
It shows that tedges[] can read from the file, but i am not sure why there is null value?

Please post the entire stack that is printed to the console when the exception is thrown

u mean this??

at triangle_projection.P.p(Prim.java:69) - for(int i=0;i<=tedges.length;i++)
at triangle_projection.P.buildTable(Prim.java:55) - p();
at triangle_projection.P.main(Prim.java:178) - p.buildTable("3Dtriangle.txt");

That is not the full stack, but it looks like it is part of it