Question

i currently have a method that checks what is around the centre item in a 3×3 grid, if what is in the 8 adjacent positions is containing what i am checking for i want to mark that square on an array with length 7 as being 1.

to do this i need to create and return an array in my method, is it possible to do this?

Answer 1

Not sure what is the problem.
You mean this?

public int[] myMethod() {
 //...
 int[] res = new int[7];
 //... set values ...
 return res;
}