Quick question about Arrays

[wishbone34]

Hi, say i have a class and I create an array within the constructor in the class, and then i have a method and i want to add to the array in that method, how would I go about doing that? (my array is an array of Grade objects in a Grade support class i have made)

here is what i have been trying:

public class GradeList {
 
   public  GradeList(int n) {
      Grade[] grades= new Grade[n];
   }
 
   public void add(double max, double weight){
      int i=0;
      grades[i]=new Grade(max, weight);
      //i get an error saying that variable grades cannot be found
      i++;
    }
}

Any help that would allow me to do what im trying to accomplish would be appreciated, thank you!

[Ganon11]

That's because grades is declared (and thus destroyed) within your constructor. It no longer exists when you get to add. Make grades a private data member, declared outside the constructor and any methods. Then take out the Grade keyword in front of grades in your constructor, and you should be fine.