putting data from a methods return into an array

[daj johnson]

Hey, i have this method here that reads data into an array from a file and then returns it:

    public String[] getLinesOfData(String filename) {
 
        String dataStr = getData(filename);
        String[] linesOfData = dataStr.split("\n");        
        System.out.println(Arrays.toString(linesOfData))
        return linesOfData;        
    }    

the data is shown exactly how it should be , however i want to know how i get this data into an array in a constructor in another class as currently i have the code:

        SimpleFileReader filereader = new SimpleFileReader();
 
        dataArray = filereader.getLinesOfData(filename); 

i have defined dataArray as:

 String[] dataArray; 

and in a different method i print:

System.out.println(dataArray.length);

i get the correct length



however when i print:

System.out.println(Arrays.asList(dataArray));

the values that i previously printed are all shown as null, apart from the last 3 lines of the text file that the data is in. i assume it is something i am doing wrong when i attempt to put the data into the "dataArray", what is the correct way for me to do this?? thanks

[daj johnson]

SOLVED this one, was a different problem than i first thought, very very foolish of me :)