[android-developers] Re: Java newb question about a public array class member

Replace: String[] wordList = {

"American","American","Brown","Christian","Congress","Doctor","England","English"
};

with: this.wordList = new String[]{

"American","American","Brown","Christian","Congress","Doctor","England","English"
};

On Apr 1, 12:24 pm, trans <transf...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't really get Java. I'm trying to define a public array member,
> like so:
>
>   public class MyClass {
>
>     // alphabetical list of words
>     private String[] wordList;
>
>     // constructor
>     public MyClass() {
>
>       String[] wordList = {
>
> "American","American","Brown","Christian","Congress","Doctor","England","English"
>       };
>
>     }
>
>     public String[] getList() {
>       return wordList;
>     }
>
>   }
>
> When I try to access wordList, as in getList(), I get a null error.
> Why?

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