Question

SO for a project I am doing, I would like to be able to create a multidimensional array which would look like:

private static String[][] docArray = new String[6][];

For that array I’d establish something like:

docArray[0].equals(headingValue);
.
.
.
docArray[5].equals(anotherValue);

Then say I want to do something like have index 3 point to a child array, logically I’d think you’d do something like the following (although I know it’s not the correct syntax)…

docArray[3][1] = new String[6][];

So am I correct in my logic thus far, and how do I continue about adding pointers to new arrays? Thanks in advance for any help.

Answer 1

The problem with this is that if docArray is a String[][], then docArray[3][1] should be a String, not a String[][].

What you could do is type docArray as an Object[][]; this would allow you to do what you want since every String is an Object and a jagged String[][] array is also an Object.