what's the problem with this array initalization?

[John Salerno]

Here's my method, and I get an error on the array initialization line.
I've gotte this same error before, and it was fixed by adding the first
line of the method, so I'm not sure what to do now.
private static Status[][][,] ConvertToFlags( int[][][,] allPanels)
{
Status[][][,] panel = new Status[4][][,];

for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
for (int j = 0; j < 8; j++)
{
panel[i][j] = new Status[2, 10]; //Object
reference not set to an instance of an object.

for (int x = 0; x < 2; x++)
for (int y = 0; y < 10; y++)
{
if (allPanels[i][j][x, y] == 0)
panel[i][j][x, y] = Status.Off;
else
panel[i][j][x, y] = Status.Red;
}
}

return panel;
}

[Lloyd Dupont]

uh, and you expect that to work?

Status[][][,] panel = new Status[4][][,];

for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
for (int j = 0; j < 8; j++)
{
panel[i][j] = new Status[2, 10]; //Object
panel[i] exists. it's null.
therefore panel[i][j] will throw a NullReferenceEx cpetion

I don't know how you should fix that in your business logic, but at first
glance I will do that for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
panel[i] = new Status[8][,]; for (int j = 0; j < 8; j++)
{
panel[i][j] = new Status[2, 10]; //Object

"John Salerno" <jo******@NOSPA Mgmail.com> wrote in message
news:rr******** *************** *******@rcn.net ... Here's my method, and I get an error on the array initialization line.
I've gotte this same error before, and it was fixed by adding the first
line of the method, so I'm not sure what to do now.
private static Status[][][,] ConvertToFlags( int[][][,] allPanels)
{
Status[][][,] panel = new Status[4][][,];

for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
for (int j = 0; j < 8; j++)
{
panel[i][j] = new Status[2, 10]; //Object reference
not set to an instance of an object.

for (int x = 0; x < 2; x++)
for (int y = 0; y < 10; y++)
{
if (allPanels[i][j][x, y] == 0)
panel[i][j][x, y] = Status.Off;
else
panel[i][j][x, y] = Status.Red;
}
}

return panel;
}

[John Salerno]

John Salerno wrote:

Here's my method, and I get an error on the array initialization line.
I've gotte this same error before, and it was fixed by adding the first
line of the method, so I'm not sure what to do now.
private static Status[][][,] ConvertToFlags( int[][][,] allPanels)
{
Status[][][,] panel = new Status[4][][,];

for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
for (int j = 0; j < 8; j++)
{
panel[i][j] = new Status[2, 10]; //Object
reference not set to an instance of an object.

for (int x = 0; x < 2; x++)
for (int y = 0; y < 10; y++)
{
if (allPanels[i][j][x, y] == 0)
panel[i][j][x, y] = Status.Off;
else
panel[i][j][x, y] = Status.Red;
}
}

return panel;
}

This seems to have done the trick:

panel[i] = new Status[8][,];
panel[i][j] = new Status[2, 10];
Boy, arrays can be confusing! :)

[John Salerno]

John Salerno wrote:

This seems to have done the trick:

panel[i] = new Status[8][,];
panel[i][j] = new Status[2, 10];
Boy, arrays can be confusing! :)

Maybe I spoke too soon. The above works, but after I added these lines
to test it:

Console.WriteLi ne(flaggedPanel s[0][1][1, 1]);
Console.ReadLin e();

I get that same reference not found exception on the WriteLine line. Why
would the code work without the above lines, but not with them?

[John Salerno]

John Salerno wrote:

John Salerno wrote:

This seems to have done the trick:

panel[i] = new Status[8][,];
panel[i][j] = new Status[2, 10];
Boy, arrays can be confusing! :)

Maybe I spoke too soon. The above works, but after I added these lines
to test it:

Console.WriteLi ne(flaggedPanel s[0][1][1, 1]);
Console.ReadLin e();

I get that same reference not found exception on the WriteLine line. Why
would the code work without the above lines, but not with them?

Forgive me once again. I moved the line

panel[i] = new Status[8][,];

into the first for loop instead of where it was, and that fixed it.