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    Question java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException

    Hi, I posted a question on here a couple of days ago and somebody came back with a reply realllly quickly, I can only hope that it will be the same in this case, heres my code in its entirity (I've moved it all together/commented so that its more readible).

    As far as I can tell there are no obvious syntax problems but perhaps I am approaching this all wrong? I'm receiving the error from my compiler stating:

    Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 42
    at callhelper.NewMain.main(NewMain.java:92)
    Java Result: 1

    But what gives?, line 92 is around the area where my first array call is used "prefixes[i]" for the while loop,

    /**
     *
     * @author anmaston
     */
    public class NewMain {
     
        /*HERE I SET UP THE NAMES OF REGIONAL "SERVICE CENTRES"*/
        public static final String SWNAME = "South West England";
        public static final String SENAME = "South East England";
     
     
     
        /*HERE I SET UP THE ARRAYS OF POSTCODE PREFIXES FOR WHICH THE
         * PARTICULAR SERVICE CENTRE WILL COVER
         */
        public static final String[] SW = {"SA", "LD", "HR", "WR", "CF", "NP", "GL",
            "BS", "BA", "SN", "SP", "BH", "TA", "DT",
            "EX", "PL", "TQ", "TR"};
     
        public static final String[] SE = {"CV", "NN", "MK", "SG", "CB", "IP", "CO",
            "OX", "HP", "CM", "RG", "ME", "GU", "RH",
            "CT", "TN", "BN", "SO", "LU", "AL", "SS",
            "SL", "PO", "WD", "EN", "HA", "NW", "N", "E",
            "IG", "EC", "WC", "SW", "SE", "SM", "UB", "TW",
            "KT", "CR", "BR", "DA", "RM"};
     
     
        public static void main(String[] args) {
            /*HERE I CREATE SERVICE CENTRES AND ASSIGN THEIR APPROPRIATE
             * CONSTANT VALUES, I AM AWARE THIS ISNT ELEGANT, COULD I DEFINE
             * CONSTANT OBJECTS? WHEN I TRIED I WASN'T ABLE TO ACCESS THE get/set
             * METHODS (Unsuprisingly, when they were declared as static)
             */
            ServiceCentre SWEST = new ServiceCentre();
            SWEST.setName(SWNAME);
            SWEST.setPostcodePrefixes(SW);
     
            ServiceCentre SEAST = new ServiceCentre();
            SEAST.setName(SENAME);
            SEAST.setPostcodePrefixes(SE);
     
            /*INITIALISE BOOLEAN "found" FOR CONDITIONAL STATEMENT*
             * AND ALSO "i" FOR LOOP CONTROL
             */
            Boolean found = false;
            int i = 0;
            String s = "BS482BH"; // THE POSTCODE STRING, FOR WHICH I NEED TO FIND
                                            // THE APPROPRIATE SERVICE CENTRE (SWEST)
     
            String[] strings = s.split("[0-9]"); //I SPLIT THE POSTCODE BEFORE THE FIRST
                                                          //NUMERIC VALUE, GIVING ME A STRING ARRAY
            String string = strings[0]; //I READ ELEMENT 0 INTO STRING (THIS IS THE ONLY BIT I NEED)
            System.out.println(string); //OUTPUT AS "BS", ALL WELL AND GOOD.
     
            /*MY CONDITIONAL W/ NESTED ITERATION AND CONDITIONAL*/
            /*AS FAR AS I CAN SEE MY SYNTAX IS ALL CORRECT, NOTHING FOR NETBEANS TO*
             * MOAN ABOUT ANYWAY, AND I THINK THE LOGIC IS GOOD, BUT I DONT UNDERSTAND
             * WHY IT WILL NOT WORK, PSEUDOCODE ALONGSIDE
             */
            if (found != true) {       //if the items not found then grab the list of prefixes for the south east
                String[] prefixes = SEAST.getPostcodePrefixes();
                while (prefixes[i] != null) {         //then loop through all of the prefixes until the whole of prefixes[] is looped or
                    if (prefixes[i].equals(string)) { //if a prefix in the array is equal to the string, do something and set found to true.
                        System.out.println("found in southeast");
                        found = true;
                    }
                    i++; //increment the loop control for next iteration,
                }
            } else if (found != true) { //if not already found then:
                i = 0;                  //set loop control back to 0
                String[] prefixes = SWEST.getPostcodePrefixes(); //read the next set of prefixes in
                while (prefixes[i] != null) {               //do the same etc etc.
     
                    if (string.equals(prefixes[i])) {
                        System.out.println("found in southwest");
                        found = true;
                    }
     
                    i++;
              }
            }
        }
    }

    Sorry, I probably didn't need to dump the whole code in here but I thought that it may help for completeness Any hints/(constructive)criticisms or words of wisdom would be greatly appreciated

    I'm certain the problem is here :
    if (found != true) { //if the items not found then grab the list of prefixes for the south east
    String[] prefixes = SEAST.getPostcodePrefixes();
    while (prefixes[i] != null) { //then loop through all of the prefixes until the whole of prefixes[] is looped or
    if (prefixes[i].equals(string)) { //if a prefix in the array is equal to the string, do something and set found to true.
    System.out.println("found in southeast");
    found = true;
    }
    i++; //increment the loop control for next iteration,
    }


    Kind Regards,
    Last edited by anmaston; April 8th, 2011 at 02:56 PM. Reason: removed some code to highlight the problem area more.

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    Default Re: java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException

    I thought about what Array Index out of bounds actually means, tinkered with it, got the length and defined a for loop instead of a while.
            if (found != true) {       //if the items not found then grab the list of prefixes for the south east
                String[] prefixes = SWEST.getPostcodePrefixes();
                int lngth = prefixes.length;
                for (i = 0; i < lngth; i++) {         //then loop through all of the prefixes until the whole of prefixes[] is looped or
                 System.out.println(prefixes[i]);
                    if (prefixes[i].equals(string)) { //if a prefix in the array is equal to the string, do something and set found to true.
                        System.out.println("found in southwest");
                        found = true;
                    }
     
                }
                }
    Now, where on earth is that "Solved" button....?

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    Default Re: java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException

    I'm glad you solved this anmaston
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