declare/initialize array in constructor?

[BillJosephson]

Hello. I have a class which will need string arrays. Normally I declare
them as instance variables in the class. But, can these instance
variables be part of the constructor? Here is an example. (1) shows how
I usually declare and instantiate class variables. (2) shows what I
would like to do.

public class chess
{
(1)
int [][] piecesLeft = {{ 1,1,2,2,2,8},{1,1,2,2,2,8}};
String[] pieces = { "King","Queen","Bishop","Knight","Rook","Pawn"
};

// Constructors:
// default
public chess( )
{
(2)
int [][] piecesLeft = {{ 1,1,2,2,2,8},{1,1,2,2,2,8}};
String[] pieces = {"King","Queen","Bishop","Knight","Rook","Pawn"
};
}
}

I tried the code a few different ways, but jGrasp just gives me errors.
I've looked around on line but haven't been able to find this
addressed.

Thanks for any help.

 

[Manish Pandit]

You can declare the 2 arrays as instance variables, and initialize them
in the constructor. What error message are you getting?

-cheers,
Manish

 

[Knute Johnson]

Hello. I have a class which will need string arrays. Normally I declare
them as instance variables in the class. But, can these instance
variables be part of the constructor? Here is an example. (1) shows how
I usually declare and instantiate class variables. (2) shows what I
would like to do.

public class chess
{
(1)
int [][] piecesLeft = {{ 1,1,2,2,2,8},{1,1,2,2,2,8}};
String[] pieces = { "King","Queen","Bishop","Knight","Rook","Pawn"
};

// Constructors:
// default
public chess( )
{
(2)
int [][] piecesLeft = {{ 1,1,2,2,2,8},{1,1,2,2,2,8}};
String[] pieces = {"King","Queen","Bishop","Knight","Rook","Pawn"
};
}
}

I tried the code a few different ways, but jGrasp just gives me errors.
I've looked around on line but haven't been able to find this
addressed.

Thanks for any help.

You can certainly put those variable declarations in your constructor
but you can only reference them from the constructor then. You can
declare them as class variables and define them in the constructor.

What is the error?

 

[Ian Wilson]

Hello. I have a class which will need string arrays. Normally I declare
them as instance variables in the class. But, can these instance
variables be part of the constructor?

Did you mean this sort of thing? ...

public class chess {
int [][] piecesLeft;
String[] pieces;

public chess( ) {
piecesLeft = {{ 1,1,2,2,2,8},{1,1,2,2,2,8}};
pieces = {"King","Queen","Bishop","Knight","Rook","Pawn" };
}
}

 

[Andrew Thompson]

Hello.

...again.

Please refrain from multi-posting in future.

Andrew T.

 

[Thomas Hawtin]

public class chess {
int [][] piecesLeft;
String[] pieces;

public chess( ) {
piecesLeft = {{ 1,1,2,2,2,8},{1,1,2,2,2,8}};

^new int[][]

pieces = {"King","Queen","Bishop","Knight","Rook","Pawn" };

^new String[]

}
}

Unfortunately 'varargs' replaced the proposal for generalised array
literals in Java 1.5. You can only use such syntax if initialising as
part of the declaration. Very sucky.

Tom Hawtin