Question

I’m receiving a compilation error with netbeans IDE when writing this two-dimensional int array, this is how I’m initializing it:

private int[][] anArray;

This next part is declared in a method later on in the file.

anArray = {{15501, 1}, {215, 3}, {1693, 72}};

With NetBeans IDE I receive a compilation error

Illegal start of expression, not a statement, ; expected

Answer 1

Try:

anArray = new int[][] {{15501, 1}, {215, 3}, {1693, 72}};

Arrays are instantiated like objects, so you need to use new and the array type.

If you do direct instantiation in the same line as the variable identifier, this will work:

int[][] anArray = {{15501, 1}, {215, 3}, {1693, 72}};