why is my array out of bounds?

Hi yet again everyone,
firstly i'd like to thank everyone for all the help i have recieved in the past, without these forums, i'd have given up on java by now.
ive been slogging it out trying to get this java array chapter of my textbook done, i have created about 10 fully functional (and very simple) programs using arrays, however this one is giving me grief, i created it the same as my other ones, i get no compile errors, however i enter in the 5th element and boom, i get an error....

"Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 6
at eightA.main(eightA.java:24)"
i did lots of googleing and apparently the "eightA.java:24" means the 24th line of code is causing the error.

well here is the program i am having issues with...

Code:

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//Program's objective is to display the maximum value,
//entered in an array
import javax.swing.*;
public class eightA
{
  public static void main(String[] args)
  {
          final int NUMELS=6;
    int i, max;
    int fmax[] = new int[NUMELS];
    max = fmax[0];
    String s1;
   
   
    for (i = 1; i < fmax.length; i++)
   
    {
      s1 = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter a number: ");
      fmax[i] = Integer.parseInt(s1);
     
     
    }
   
      if (max < fmax[i])
        max = fmax[i];
   
        JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "The maximum value is " + max , "message",
                            JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
  }
}

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Your error is telling you that the iterator has gone "out of bounds", simply over the array length of limit. Thus, you need to use:

Code:

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for (i = 1; i < fmax.length - 1; i++)

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ah damn, i get ya, thanks for that CaptinMorgan.
i knew it was going to be something simple! the array works nicely with no problms, however for some reason it only displays "0" as the highest value in the array...

the program is as follows:

Code:

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//Program's objective is to display the maximum value,
//entered in an array
import javax.swing.*;
public class eightA
{
  public static void main(String[] args)
  {
          final int NUMELS=6;
    int i, max;
    int fmax[] = new int[NUMELS];
    max = fmax[0];
    String s1;
   
   
 
    for (i = 1; i < fmax.length - 1; i++)
   
    {
      s1 = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter a number: ");
      fmax[i] = Integer.parseInt(s1);
     
     
    }
   
      if (max < fmax[i])
        max = fmax[i];

        JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "The maximum value is " + max , "message",
                            JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
  }
}

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i dont see why it cannot work, ive done this exact same one before using manualy entered elements in the array and terminal rather then gui...
there's that program, mabey i did something wrong when i changed it to GUI?

Code:

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public class FindMaxValue
{
  public static void main(String[] args)
  {
    int i, max;
    int fmax[] = {2, 18, 1, 27, 16};
    max = fmax[0];
    for (i = 1; i < fmax.length; i++)
      if (max < fmax[i])
        max = fmax[i];
    System.out.println("The maximum value is " + max);
  }
}

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one final question...how would i go about displaying the element's numbered location aswell

No problem Phobos, it happens to us all. ;)

Cheers,
-Capt