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    Default Stuck, looking for input

    Hi, guys-

    I'm having a bit of trouble with the my ArrayList. Basically, what I need to do is put in four persons (a class I developed along with Student and Instructor) into an ArrayList for a homework assignment. Then, using a simple loop I need to take it out and get the names. For some reason, "Dr. Tabatt" shows up as being in all four indexes... why is this? What am I doing wrong?

    import java.util.ArrayList;
     
    public class PeopleApp {
     
    	public static void main(String[] args) {
     
    		Person p1 = new Person("Bobby", 1988);
    		Student p2 = new Student("Sammy", 1987, "Psychology");
    		Student p3 = new Student("Ronnie", 1990, "Religious Studies");
    		Instructor p4 = new Instructor("Dr. Tabatt", 1928, 100000);
    		Person x;
     
    		ArrayList<Person> People;
    		People = new ArrayList<Person>();
     
    		People.add(0, p1);
    		People.add(1, p2);
    		People.add(2, p3);
    		People.add(3, p4);
     
    		for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
    			x = People.get(i);
    			System.out.println(x.getName());
    		}
     
    	}
    }

    Let me know if you need the Person, Student and Instructor code... getName() is supposed to return the name of the Person/Student/Instructor.

    -Thanks in advance


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    Default Re: Stuck, looking for input

    The code to the other classes may be helpful...is the variable that stores the name in these classes by any chance static?

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    Default Re: Stuck, looking for input

    Arraylists have the nifty feature of working like a stack, you dont have to specify an index if you just want the next piece to fall on top of the stack. I've had tons of issues working with arraylists where I try to sort them before theyre full/when theyre empty and it always (ALWAYS) messes things up.

    Could you swap this for:

    People.add(p1);
    People.add(p2);
    People.add(p3);
    People.add(p4);

    Just to see what happens, havent got the other classes so I cant try it out for myself .

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