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    Angry Filling an array with user input and a method

    i need to create a program that asks the user for an array and then
    asks the user to fill in the slots of the array but i have to do it
    in a method can any 1 help i can post the question if it will help


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    What have you tried? Where are you stuck?
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    Default re: Filling an array with user input and a method

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    Default Re: Filling an array with user input and a method

    public class Ex6_02 
    {
     
        public static void main(String[] args) 
        {
            String ans = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("give me a length");
            int Lgth = Integer.parseInt(ans);
            int[] int1 = new int[Lgth];
            int [] arrint = createEmptyIntArray(int1);
            System.out.println(arrint);
            /*
            String [] arrstr = createEmptyStringArray();
     
     
            boolean [] arrboo = createEmptyBooleanArray();*/
            for (int i = 0; i < arrint.length; i++) {
                 System.out.println(int1[i]);
            }
            /*
            for (int i = 0; i < arrstr.length; i++) {
     
            }
     
            for (int i = 0; i < arrboo.length; i++) {
     
            }*/
     
        }
     
     
        /*    private static String[] createEmptyStringArray()
        {
     
     
     
        }
     
        private static boolean[] createEmptyBooleanArray()
        {
     
     
     
        }*/
     
        private static int[] createEmptyIntArray(int[] int1) 
        {
            String ans = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("give me a number");
            int Lgth = Integer.parseInt(ans);
            int[] arr2 = new int [int1.length];
     
            for (int i = 0; i < int1.length; i++)
            {
                if (int1.length == i)
                {
                arr2[i] = int1[i];
                }
     
            }
     
            return arr2;
     
     
     
     
        }

    thats what i go so farm but then i try some thing else it freaks out

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    it freaks out
    If there are error messages, copy the full text and paste it here. Plus the code that caused the error.
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    Default Re: Filling an array with user input and a method

    ok yea i know that but what i need to do is make it so that it asks for a number for every open slot in the array and i cant think of how to do that

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    Default Re: Filling an array with user input and a method

    Use a for loop that goes through the array, when there is an open slot ask the user for a value to put in that slot, read the value and put it in the open slot.
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