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jsavage YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 9	Initializing and array of a class. Help please! Nov 5th, 2009, 1:59pm   I need to initialize an array of a class.  The problem is that the length of the array will be dynamic.  I still need to call the class's constructor with parameters when each new instance is created.  Can someone help me out with the basic syntax/structure of how I would do this?

PhiLho  YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 4190 Near Paris (France)	Re: Initializing and array of a class. Help please! Reply #1 - Nov 5th, 2009, 2:53pm   It is better to use an ArrayList if the length is dynamic. Simple example: Code: ArrayList al = new ArrayList(); for (int i = 0; i < STUFF_NB; i++) { Stuff st = new Stuff(param1, param2); al.add(st); } That's all. Get nth item with Stuff st = (Stuff) al.get(n);

Cedric YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 1838	Re: Initializing and array of a class. Help please! Reply #2 - Nov 5th, 2009, 2:53pm   i am not sure if i understand you correctly but wouldnt nameofyourclassarray.length() work? or will the length of the array change on runtime? if so, maybe arraylist would be an alternative http://processing.org/learning/topics/arraylistclass.html
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