Array Problem?

[noobgrammer]

Hi, I'm not exactly new to java but I do have problems every now and then, anyways I'm having a problem with this code:

(code is shortened to not include excess code you don't need to know about)

//code starts here
public class points
{
String[] points;

public points(Point3f[] pt)
{
for (int a = 0; a < getLength(pt); a++) {
points[a] = pt.toString(); }
}
}
//end of code

In this part of the code I'm converting Point3f[] into String[] (for java 3d stuff)

The problem is when this code compile it says:
'cannot find symbol - method getLength(javax.vecmathPoint3f[])'

method getLength() is a method from Class Array, pt is an array of point3f objects, I want to get the length of number of points in pt[], how do I rewrite the code to do that? :)

[Lil_Aziz1]

Hey welcome to the forums! Here is how you get the number of elements in an array:

for (int a = 0; a < [B]pt.length[/B]; a++) {
     points[a] = pt.toString(); 
}

Next time, please put your code in [code] tags like I did above.

[Norm]

problem is when this code compile it says:

When posting error messages, please post all of the message, don't edit it.

[m00nchile]

If the getLength(Object array) method is in the Array class, then call it as such:

Array.getLength(someArray);

But, since the arrays have a .length field, wouldn't it be easier just to use that? Just like Lil_Aziz1 wrote.

[noobgrammer]

ok thanks guys.