Thread: How to store 10 inputs in an arraylist?

I have this code:

import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
 
public class Hello{
public static void main (String args []){
 
String[] anArray= new String [10];
for(int i=0; i< anArray.length; i++){
  anArray= JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Enter a name:");
}
 JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, anArray[0]);
}
}

how can i print out the first input which is contained in index [0] of the arraylist where the 10 inputs are supposed to be stored? any help please?

Please point out the wrong codes or kindly fix my code thanks.

Inside the loop you are just continually re-assigning the array to a user input, which doesn't work since a string is not a string array. You use indexing so I assume you understand how to index through an array, why not try using this way of indexing on the changing variable in the loop(i)?

here is a quick example that only reads an array.

int[] anArray = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9};
for(int i = anArray.length; i >= 0; i--){
  System.out.println(anArray[i]);
}

so in my JOptionPane inside the for loop what should i do with the instantiation for it to contain a value whenever the user inputs

thanks i've already solved it thru ur recommendations. helps a lot....