Question

$ javac ArrayListTest.java 
$ java ArrayListTest 
$ cat ArrayListTest.java 
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;

public class ArrayListTest{

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            String hello ="oeoaseu oeu hsoae sthoaust hoaeut hoasntu";
            ArrayList<String> appendMe = null;

            for(String s : hello.split(" "))
                appendMe.add(s+" ");

            for(String s : appendMe)
                System.out.println(s);
            //WHY DOES IT NOT PRINT?
        }catch(Exception e){
        }
    }
}

Answer 1

You need to initialize appendMe.

appendMe = new ArrayList<String>();