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    Default Ranom Strings

    Hello! I am Chris Bethel an I am proud to be a member of this forum for the first time today. I am creating this thread to ask for assistance with a program involving arrays. Whenever I use the System output command, a random string of characters will appear instead of the array. What's happening?

    Here is the code for reference:

    package ChipsandSalsa;

    import java.util.Scanner;

    public class ChipsAndSalsa
    {

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
    Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);

    int[] Salsas = new int[5];
    String[] Sauces = {"Mild","Medium","Sweet","Hot","Zesty"};

    System.out.print("Enter the amount of jars sold for each sauce:");

    for(int i = 0;i < Salsas.length;i++)
    {
    Salsas[i] = input.nextInt();
    if(Salsas[i] < 0)
    System.out.print("Invalid total. Try again!");
    }

    int max = Salsas[0];
    for(int i=0; i < Salsas.length; i++)
    {
    if (Salsas[i] > max)
    max = Salsas[i];
    }
    System.out.print("Highest selling sauce:" + Sauces[i]);

    int IndexOfMax = 0;
    for(int i=0; i < Salsas.length; i++)
    {
    if (Salsas[i] > max)
    max = Salsas[i];
    IndexOfMax = i;
    }
    System.out.print("Lowest selling sauce:" + Sauces[i]);

    int TotalSales = Salsas[1] + Salsas[2] + Salsas[3] + Salsas[4] + Salsas[5];
    System.out.print(Salsas);
    System.out.print("Total Sales: " + TotalSales);

    }
    }


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    Default Re: Ranom Strings

    Java isn't smart enough to know what you want to do when you pass an array into the println() method. Not every array is an array of Strings, so it's not clear what printing an array out means. That's why you get the "random strings", which are the array's hashcode (which is from the Object.toString() method).

    What exactly do you want to print out? Each value? Should they be separated by commas? Something else? See, that's why Java doesn't do it for you, because there are too many options. You have to write the code yourself.

    You could also check out the Arrays class in the API, which has some useful functions you might be able to use here.
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    Welcome to the forum! Please read this topic to learn how to post code in code or highlight tags and other useful info for new members.

    Please post your code correctly per the above link.

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    Default Re: Ranom Strings

    I figured out the problem: I have to individually display each element of the array in a concatenated System.out.print statement.

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