Static array outside the main method with variable indexes.

[musdem]

Alright so I'm trying to have an array keep its values throughout the class and I'm not sure if there's a better way of doing this than a static array but that is what I know. So I have the array declared and initialized like this:

static int x = 0;
static int y = 0;
static int matrix[][] = new int [x][y];
	public static void main (String args[])
	{

Now when I try to populate the array in the main method (after I have assigned different values to the x and y values) it doesn't change the indexes in the array because it's already been initialized outside the main method. Now I was wondering if there is a way around this or a better method of having an array keep it's values throughout the entire class and not just one method?

[DarrylBurke]

To get better help sooner, post a SSCCE (Short, Self Contained, Correct (Compilable), Example) that demonstrates the problem.

db

[killutch]

wait so are you asking to change the array size or just the values in the array?


the values in the array should change fine. Something like this

import java.util.Random;

public class ExamTest {
	static int x = 7;
	static int y = 8;
	static int matrix[][] = new int [x][y];
	    public static void main (String args[]){
	    	Random ran = new Random();
	    	
	    	for(int i=0;i<y;i++){
	    		for(int b=0;b<x;b++){
	    			matrix[b][i] = ran.nextInt(10);
	    			System.out.print(matrix[b][i] + ", ");
	    		}
	    		System.out.print("\n");
	    	}
	    	
	    }

}

[killutch]

or if you wanted to resize the array you could do something weird like this. Keep in mind that method below could crash if you shrunk the array size so might want to put a if statement or try blocks to make sure something bad doesn't happen.

public class ExamTest {
	static int x = 7;
	
	static int y = 8;
	static int matrix[][] = new int [x][y];
	    public static void main (String args[]){
	    	
	    	matrix = arraySizeIncreaser(matrix, 20, 40);
	    	matrix[19][39] = 10;
	    	System.out.println(matrix[19][39]);
	    	
	 
	    	
	    	
	    }
	    
	    public static int[][] arraySizeIncreaser(int[][] array, int newArrayX, int newArrayY){
	    	int[][] ret = new int[newArrayX][newArrayY];
	    	
	    	for(int x=0;x<array.length;x++){
	    		for(int y=0;y<array[0].length;y++){
	    			ret[x][y] = array[x][y];
	    		}
	    	}

	    	return ret;
	    }

}

[musdem]

Ah yes that's exactly what I was asking for! Thank you so much for this. :)

[killutch]

Ah yes that's exactly what I was asking for! Thank you so much for this. :)

Good, glad I could help.