Help with string and array in java

[zoe]

Hi, OK so for example you run the script, and put in the names, john, tom, andrew.

john should be array[0].firstname
tom should be array[1].firstname
andrew should be array[2].firstname

I don't understand why it doesn't print those all out again for you. Instead i get tom repeated 3x
Could you explain what i am doing wrong?

import java.io.*;


public class PhoneBook {

final static int nocont = 3;
static Contact[] array = new Contact[3];


public static void main(String[] args) {

for (int i = 0; i < nocont; i++){
array[i] = new Contact();
System.out.println("Enter first name: ");
array[i].firstname = UserInput.readString();

}
for(int j = 0; j < nocont; j++)
System.out.println(array[j].firstname);

}

}

Thanks

[fernando]

Where is the Contact class definition?
Might be an issue with using static a bit too often.
Strings are immutable.

Personally, I would think Vector or ArrayList and StringBuffer would be a bit more suitable for this program.
Greetings.