Need help with error: java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 1

[iowndd]

Hey im fairly new to java only been programming for about a month now, and i was trying to make this program which would draw particles to the screen and then make them fall to the ground, unfortunately i got this error. Heres my code : -

import java.awt.*;
import hsa.Console;
import java.util.*;

public class Particles
{
    static Console c;           // The output console

    public static void main (String[] args) throws Exception
    {
        c = new Console ();
        int maxx = c.getWidth ();
        int maxy = c.getHeight ();
        int Max_Particles = 500;
        int[] [] coordinates = new int [199] [1];
        int x = 0;
        int y = 0;


        for (int i = 0 ; i < 198 ; i++)

            {
                Random rand = new Random ();
                int random = 1 + rand.nextInt (500);
                int random2 = 1 + rand.nextInt (500);
                coordinates [i] [0] = random;
                random = x;
                coordinates [i] [1] = random2;
                random2 = y;
            }
        for (int particles = 0 ; particles < Max_Particles ; particles++)

            {
                c.drawOval (x, y + particles, 5, 10);
                Thread.sleep (100);
                if (y >= 500)
                    ;
                {
                    y = 0;
                }


            }
        // Place your program here.  'c' is the output console
    } // main method
} // Particles class

Any kind of help would me much appreciated!

[JosAH]

int[] [] coordinates = new int [199] [1];

This is basically a one dimensional array because the second index can only be zero.

kind regards,

Jos

[iowndd]

Oh so what do you suggest i should do to make it work and make multiple particles appear at once falling down on the screen?

[sunde887]

I feel like you should make Particle an object, the class should represent one single particle (which contains the location). Then have an array of particles, which all have there own location. Perhaps each particle can have some deltaX/Y variables which control how it moves.

Also, a very nice tutorial which may give you a lot of ideas on how to implement this can be found here: http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/to...-game-of-pong/

Some suggestions if you actually try to make the pong as the tutorial goes through: draw instead with a bufferedImage, place it in a jpanel (standalone app rather than an applet). Generalize the paddle class so there is only one class. Fix the problem of using all the setters inside of constructors and setters. Instead simply assign the variables directly. Even if you don't try it, reading it should give you a good idea of how to put particles on the screen and animate them.

[iowndd]

Thankyou very much everybody