Need help with a java problem

[digitalfortress]

hey guys, im new to java and i need to submit an assignment for school..
i need to create a hangman program with minimum of 4 methods, must use array and the random util..
so heres the problem, i need to create an array containing the hidden words and using the random util, the computer automatically picks the hidden word in the array..pls pls..i really dun know where to start..

[kjkrum]

Have you written any code? Nobody's going to do your homework for you, but if you show us what you've done, we can tell you what to do next.

[digitalfortress]

is this the right way of creating an array? i think ill start with the hidden words..


public class FinalHangman {
public static void main(String[] args){
System.out.println("Welcome to Hangman V 0.0");
HiddenWord();
}
public static void HiddenWord(){
String[] HiddenWords;
HiddenWords = new String[10];
HiddenWords[0] = driedfish;
HiddenWords[1] = shrimp;
HiddenWords[2] = nosebleed;
HiddenWords[3] = epistaxis;
HiddenWords[4] = cheese;
HiddenWords[5] = banana;
HiddenWords[6] = word;
HiddenWords[7] = hiddenword;
HiddenWords[8] = java;
HiddenWords[9] = program;

[kjkrum]

Well, you are on the right track to creating and initializing an array. Except those aren't proper String literals you're assigning, and that's not a complete program because it's missing a few closing brackets. Another problem is that you're creating your array as a local variable inside a method that returns void. As such, it is not accessible to the rest of the program. One possible solution: change the method to return String[], and return the array you created. Then assign the return value to a variable.

BTW, when posting code, please surround it with [ code] [ /code] tags (without the spaces).

[digitalfortress]

thanks finally got a working array, now, how do i randomly pick an element from my array of 10 elements?

[kjkrum]

Have a look at Random (Java Platform SE 6).

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