3 replies to this topic

[vaironl]

I asked this question before and people told me I'm not initializing my variables here it is

public class Recipe

{


	private String recipeName,authorName,recipeDescription;

	private String[] ingredientName,units = new String [40];

	private Double[] ingredientAmount = new Double [40];

	private int ratingValue,servingSize;


	public Recipe() // Recipe Constructor example

	{

		recipeName = new String("NONE");

		authorName = new String("NONE");


		for(int setVals =0; setVals<40;setVals++)

		{

			//set values

			ingredientName[setVals] = "";

			units[setVals] = "";

			ingredientAmount[setVals] = 0.0;

		}



		ratingValue= 0;

		servingSize= 0;

		recipeDescription = new String("No Descriptions");

	}

}

There are no syntax errors

[wim DC]

This

private String[] ingredientName,units = new String [40];

Is the same as:

private String[] ingredientName;

private String[]units = new String [40];

And thus, not the same as:

private String[] ingredientName = new String [40], units = new String [40];

[vaironl]

wim DC said:

This

private String[] ingredientName,units = new String [40];

Is the same as:

private String[] ingredientName;

private String[]units = new String [40];

And thus, not the same as:

private String[] ingredientName = new String [40], units = new String [40];

But the for loop is indeed initializing the variables?

[wim DC]

Yea, but ingredientName is null. So ingredientName[setVal] will cause a nullpointer.