Array out of bounds exception 20.

[dropt]

Hey there, fairly new to Java and taking a course in said subject.

Having to write a program that analyzes and manipulates a couple of integer arrays. I'm having issues with a java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 20 error. I've got some c/c++ background so it may be that I am trying something that would work in that environment and not in Java. Any help or insight would be great.

public static void invert(int invIn[], int invOut[]){
  System.out.println();              //new line as a break.
  int inv=0;
  if (invIn.length == invOut.length){

  for (int i=0; i<=invIn.length; i++){
  
    invOut[i]=invIn[i] * -1;
  
  
  /* Alternate attempt
  int inv=0;
  inv=invIn[i];
  inv=inv * -1;
  invOut[i]=inv;
  end Alternate attempt*/
  
  }//end for loop
 
  }else if(invIn.length != invOut.length){
    System.out.println("Array size unequal, aborting procedure");
  }

  
//}//end invert for loop

}//end invert

The error occurs when the program gets to

invOut[i]=invIn[i] * -1;

I'm trying to invert the invIn array and fill invOut with those inverted values.

Thanks for your time!

[Mr.Beans]

Does invIn or invOut contain any null values?

That looks like what your problem is.

[dropt]

invIn is passed in from outside of the procedure as.

int w1[]={10,5,-3,-9,-8,0,8,9,3,-5,-10,-5,3,9,8,0,-8, -9,-3,5};

...

int w4[];
w4=new int[w1.length];
invert(w1, w4);

so w1 shouldn't have any null values as it itself is never changed.

w4 is an int array which is (i assume) comprised of null values. However I'm not performing the mathematical operation on w4, only w1 as shown.


Thanks for your timely response.

[Mr.Beans]

Oh, oops.

That would have been a null pointer exception.

It's because you are going out of bounds, hence the ArrayIndexOutOfBounds exception; not the NullPointerException I thought I saw ;)

change <= invIn.length to < invIn.length

Mr. Beans

[dropt]

Thanks Dr. Beans, much appreciated. I could have stared at it all day and not caught that!