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Austen King
Austen King

Reputation: 1

How to fix ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException in this code?

So I am trying to split my String input by /, -, and space, and within the dateConversion method, I am trying to call upon the third term in my String array called terms. If my array only has 2 elements, I receive an error, and I understand why; the issue is that even if I declare the third element of the array before I split my original input, the program still crashes. It should print out the last if statement instead.

    Scanner in=new Scanner(System.in);

    System.out.println(message);
    String input=in.nextLine();

    if(input.equals("quit"))
    {
        System.out.println("Bye!");
        return null;
    }
    else
        return input;

public static void dateConversion(String input){

    String[] terms=new String[2];

    terms[2].equals(null);

    terms=input.split("-|/| ");

    if(terms[2].equals(null))
        System.out.println("Wrong format. Enter again.\n");
}

The program should either continue if the third term of the array exists (and it does just fine when I test it), but if it intentionally doesn't exist, the last if statement should print instead of the program crashing. Is there some other way I can declare terms[2] so it doesn't crash?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 42

Answers (1)

user11264239
user11264239

Reputation:

If you declare an array with two spaces like you have done --> String terms = new String[2]. Then there will be tow spaces created: terms[0] and terms[1]. The indexing starts at 0, not 1.

Upvotes: 1

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