"Not a statement" error?! Help needed with simple java.

[erad]

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Why am I getting a "Not a statement" error when I try to compile here? I'm just trying to make a no-arg constructor that sets the field numbers[][] to those numbers...

[Fou-Lu]

I believe the syntax you have used for you're arrays is only available when you are declaring it:

private int[][] nums = {{1, 2, 3}, {1, 2, 3}, {1, 2, 3}};


I do not believe you can use the curly braces syntax once its been declared and initialized. I may be mistaken on that; it has been awhile since I've done java programming.

[Roelf]

youre not mistaken. This will work:

public class Fun {
private static int numbers[][] = {{4,7,3},{2,10,2},{4,5,6}};

public static void main(String[] args) {
Fun f = new Fun();
}

public Fun() {
System.out.println(numbers[1][1]);
}
}

[If I Were A Boy]

Yes ! Array initializations should always be done during its declaration.