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[Devil0150]

Hi
I keep getting this error in my code and I can't find how to fix it.
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
at Field.<init>(Dam.java:73)

Here is part of the code:

class Position
{
boolean isEmpty;
Piece pHere;
int adjPos[]; // adjacent positions
void setPiece(Piece p)
{
  isEmpty = false;
  pHere = p;
}
Position()
{
  adjPos = new int[12];
  isEmpty = true;
}
}
class Field
{
Position pos[];
Field()
{
  pos = new Position[13];
  pos[0].adjPos[0] = 1;		//error in this line
  pos[0].adjPos[1] = 3;
  pos[0].adjPos[2] = 5;
  pos[0].adjPos[3] = 6;
}
}

[Zael]

The problem is that when you create your position array,

pos = new Position[13];

you make the assumption that the array is filled with Position objects. It is not.

You need:

pos = new Position[13];
pos[0] = new Position(); //set element 0 of Position Array to a Position Object.
pos[0].adjPos[0] = 1;

Make sense?

[Devil0150]

It worked. Thanks.