arrays

torhu no at spam.invalid
Mon Jan 28 22:15:28 PST 2008


tytower wrote:
> [code]
> this() {
> 	char[][] data ;
> 
> 	char[] dataNumber = "1";
> 	char[] date = "10/12/08" ;
> 	char[] m_details = "test";
> 	char[] m_code = "340" ;
> 
> 	char[] m_debit = "3480.00"; 
> 	char[] m_credit;
> 
> 	data[0]= dataNumber;
> 	data[1]= date ;
> 	data[2]= m_details;
> 	data[3][ m_code;
> 	data[4]= m_debit;
> 	data[5][ m_credit;
> [/code]
> Compiles OK but gives error 
> [code]
> "tango.core.Exception.ArrayBoundsException at transaction(56): Array index out of bounds"[/code]
> 

'char[][] data;' doesn't allocate anything but an array reference.  So 
it's just an empty array to begin with.  If you print its length, you'll 
see that it's '0'.

Use the append operator instead:

data ~= dataNumber;
data ~= data;

etc.


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