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    Default Recipe Book Help again

    Hey guys,

    If you saw my post earlier, I'm making a recipe book. It'll basically create recipes (that the user enters stuff for) then you can search for them and stuff.

    My problem is that when I search for something (by entering "search" then "title") after I've created a recipe, it comes up with a null pointer exception:

    Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
    at RecipeBookMain.SearchTitle(RecipeBookMain.java:158 )
    at RecipeBookMain.SearchFor(RecipeBookMain.java:132)
    at RecipeBookMain.RunCommand(RecipeBookMain.java:56)
    at RecipeBookMain.main(RecipeBookMain.java:22)

    Here is my RecipeBookMain:

    import java.util.Scanner;
    import java.io.*;

    public class RecipeBookMain {
     
    	static boolean hasRunBefore = false;
    	static Recipe[] recipes = new Recipe[99];
    	static int currentRecipeNumber = 0; /* This Number is always 1 less than the actual number of recipes */
     
    	static Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
     
    	public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException {
     
    		BufferedReader saveFile = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("Recipe Number.txt"));
    		/* Debug */
    		currentRecipeNumber = saveFile.read();
    		//System.out.print(currentRecipeNumber);
    		/* End Debug */
     
    		System.out.print("Welcome to RBook! This program is a recipe book thats helps you put your recipes into an electronic format, and sort them so you can find them later. If you would like to view a tutorial, please enter 'Tutorial'. Otherwise, please enter a command.");
     
    			RunCommand();
     
     
    	}
     
    	public static void Tutorial() throws IOException {
     
    		System.out.println("\nRBook uses a command system. If you would like to enter a recipe, enter 'recipe' on the main screen then follow the prompts to enter your recipe. When you save a recipe, there is a Notepad file with your recipe in it if you would like to move it without moving the program. If you would like to search for recipes, enter 'search'. It will then ask if you would like to search for names or tags. Tags are used when you want to have a certain category for your recipe, like vegetarian, etc. If you want to reset your recipe book, enter 'reset'.");
    		RunCommand();
     
    	}
     
    	public static void RunCommand() throws IOException {
     
    		String input;
     
    		System.out.print("\nWhat would you like to do?");
    		input = scan.nextLine();
     
    		switch(input.toLowerCase()) {
     
    		case "tutorial":
    			Tutorial();
    			RunCommand();
     
    		case "recipe":
    			EnterRecipe();
     
    		case "clear":
    			Clear();
     
     
     
    		case "search":
    			SearchFor();
     
    		}
     
    	}
     
    	public static void EnterRecipe() throws IOException {
     
    		String title;
    		String tag;
    		String author;
    		String recipe;
     
    		System.out.print("Title?");
    		title = scan.nextLine();
     
    		System.out.print("Tag?");
    		tag = scan.nextLine();
     
    		System.out.print("Author?");
    		author = scan.nextLine();
     
    		System.out.print("Recipe?");
    		recipe = scan.nextLine();
     
    		recipes[currentRecipeNumber] = new Recipe(title, tag, author, recipe);
    		//System.out.print(recipes[currentRecipeNumber].name); /* This is a debug line */
    		System.out.print("Your recipe has been entered.\n");
    		currentRecipeNumber++;
    		FileWriter saveFile = new FileWriter("Recipe Number.txt");
    		saveFile.write(currentRecipeNumber);
    		saveFile.close();
     
    		FileWriter recipeFile = new FileWriter(title + ".txt");
    		recipeFile.write("Title: " + title + "\n");
    		recipeFile.write("Tag: " + tag + "\n");
    		recipeFile.write("Author: " + author + "\n");
    		recipeFile.write("Recipe: " + recipe + "\n");
    		recipeFile.close();
     
    		RunCommand();
     
    	}
     
    	public static void Clear() throws IOException {
     
    		for(currentRecipeNumber = currentRecipeNumber; currentRecipeNumber >= 0; currentRecipeNumber--) {
     
    			recipes[currentRecipeNumber] = null;
    			if(currentRecipeNumber - 1 < 0) {
     
    				break;
     
    			}
     
    		}
     
    		currentRecipeNumber = 0;
    		FileWriter saveFile = new FileWriter("Recipe Number.txt");
    		saveFile.write(currentRecipeNumber);
    		saveFile.close();
    		System.out.print("Your recipe book has been cleared.");
    		RunCommand();
     
    	}
     
    	public static void SearchFor() throws IOException {
     
    		System.out.print("What would you like to search for? If you would like to go back to the main menu, enter 'main'.");
     
    		String input;
    		input = scan.next();
     
    		switch(input) {
     
    		case "title":
    			SearchTitle();
     
    		case "tag":
    			//SearchTag();
     
    		case "author":
    			//SearchAuthor();
     
    		case "main":
    			RunCommand();
     
    		}
     
    	}
     
    	public static void SearchTitle() throws IOException {
     
    		System.out.print("Enter your search: ");
    		String input;
    		input = scan.next();
     
    		int[] results = new int[100];
    		int resultNumber = 0;
     
    		for(int par1 = currentRecipeNumber; par1 >= 0; par1--) {
     
    			if(recipes[par1].title == input) {
     
    				results[resultNumber] = par1;
    				resultNumber++;
     
    			}
     
    		}
     
    		System.out.print("Your search returned " + resultNumber + " results: ");
     
    		for(int par2 = resultNumber; par2 <= 0; par2--) {
     
    			System.out.print(recipes[results[par2]].title);
     
    		}
     
    	}
     
    }

    Am I mis-referencing or something? Am I missing something?

    Thanks guys.

    -Silent


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    Default Re: Recipe Book Help again

    Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
    at RecipeBookMain.SearchTitle(RecipeBookMain.java:158 )
    There is a variable with a null value on line 158. Look at line 158 in the your source and see what variable is null. Then backtrack in the code to see why that variable does not have a valid value.
    If you can not tell which variable it is, add a println just before line 158 and print out the values of all the variables on that line.
    If you don't understand my answer, don't ignore it, ask a question.

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    Default Re: Recipe Book Help again

    Hmm, ok, so that means that the title for recipe[par1] (the current recipe being evaluated) does not have anything stored. But that's not possible, unless par1 = 0 before we start, because there has to be some recipe being evaluated. And in order for that to happen, there would have had to be a recipe stored, which was created earlier.

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    Default Re: Recipe Book Help again

    What variable has the null value?
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    Default Re: Recipe Book Help again

    recipe[par1].title

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    Default Re: Recipe Book Help again

    recipe[par1].title
    Where does the code assign values to the contents of the recipe array?
    Defining an array of objects creates empty slots with null values. The code needs to assign values to the slots as needed.
    Does the slot at par1 contain an object or is it still null?
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    Default Re: Recipe Book Help again

    I m not sure, cause i cannot debug the code due to the missing Recipse class(I know it's easy to implement but it's late

    but I think the start value of currentRecipeNumber is wrong. You increment it after an input. Initializing value is zero, array index is also zero, everything is ok, but the loop starts now at 1.

    I suggest to initialize the currentRecipeNumber with -1 and increment it before you handle the input values.

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