Assign more than one variable to a method [duplicate] - java

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I am trying to assign 3 integer arrays to a method that returns one version. But when i try this it says variable bubbleArray and variable insertionArray have not been initialized. Is there another way to do this and still keep the same original values from the method.
Integer[] bubbleArray,insertionArray,selectionArray = numGenerator();
bubbleSort(radioValue,bubbleArray);
selectionSort(radioValue,selectionArray);
insertionSort(radioValue,insertionArray);
public Integer[] numGenerator() {
Random rn = new Random();
originalOutput.setText("");
sortedOutput.setText("");
referenceArray.clear();
if (number10Button.isSelected()) {
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
int answer = rn.nextInt((10000 - (-10000)) + 1) + (-10000);
referenceArray.add(answer);
originalOutput.append(referenceArray.get(i).toString() + "\n");
}
} else if (number100Button.isSelected()) {
for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
int answer = rn.nextInt((10000 - (-10000)) + 1) + (-10000);
referenceArray.add(answer);
originalOutput.append(referenceArray.get(i).toString() + "\n");
}
} else if (number1000Button.isSelected()) {
for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
int answer = rn.nextInt((10000 - (-10000)) + 1) + (-10000);
referenceArray.add(answer);
originalOutput.append(referenceArray.get(i).toString() + "\n");
}
} else if (number5000Button.isSelected()) {
for (int i = 0; i < 5000; i++) {
int answer = rn.nextInt((10000 - (-10000)) + 1) + (-10000);
referenceArray.add(answer);
originalOutput.append(referenceArray.get(i).toString() + "\n");
}
}
Integer[] bubbleArray = referenceArray.toArray(new Integer[referenceArray.size()]);
return bubbleArray;
}

Your code declares 3 Integer[] variables and assigns the last one to what numGenerator() returns.
Integer[] bubbleArray,insertionArray,selectionArray = numGenerator();
Now since you want three arrays, not just three variables pointing to one array you need to make copies of the array, for example with clone(). If you don't make copies you will have one array which is sorted by bubble sort and the other sorting methods will try to sort an already sorted array, which is not what you want.
Integer[] bubbleArray = numGenerator();
Integer[] insertionArray = bubbleArray.clone();
Integer[] selectionArray = bubbleArray.clone();

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I have four different timestamps where I have to find the smallest difference in minutes. I'm confused on how to do this.
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Getting Error: java.lang.NullPointerException when work with Array in Java [duplicate]

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import java.util.Scanner;
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int sumFive = 0;
int sumLast = 0;
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The error I get
java.lang.NullPointerException
Errors on Null pointer exception has been asked and answered several times before, but I do not understand those explanations. Can anyone please explain it in a very easy manner. This is my code, and it is showing me the error at runtime.
This code is supposed accepts the size of an integer array followed by the integer array. Then calls a function which calculates:
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sum of last 5 digits
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In your case you did not define your array. You should have defined your array as given below before trying to add values into the array this will remove the exception.
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The problem was you took the length of array as input , but you did not initialize the array . Please add this one line in the code:
obj1.n = scan1.nextInt();
obj1.arr = new int[obj1.n];
You should define your arr size. until you define the arr size it is null, and there is no memory will be allocated. You can avoid this by using ArrayList instead of array or define your arr with sum big number of size and asker user to enter the number of values less than that size.
int arr[] = new int[100];
define the array size once you know the value
obj1.arr = new int[obj1.n+1];

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Recently I've been slamming by head against this piece of code:
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Edit:
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What I want:
What I get:
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I'm trying to do a Blackjack game but I don't know how to change the value of "ACE" to 1 if 11 is too high. I'm now trying to search a Arraylist for A's to change the value of one ore more of them. But how can I see how much A's are in my Arraylist?
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