Java nullPointerExeption

[JAVAEOC]

import TerminalIO.KeyboardReader;

public class manyStudents {
	public static void main (String [] args) {
		KeyboardReader 	reader 	= new KeyboardReader();
		Student[] 		student = new Student[500];
		int 			stuNumb = reader.readInt ("Enter the number of students (max is 500): ");
		
		for (int i = 0; i < stuNumb; i++) {
			String stuName = reader.readLine ("Enter the name of sutden #"+ (i+1) +": ");
			student[i].setName(stuName);
			int testNumb = reader.readInt ("Enter the number of tests for "+ student[i].getName() +": ");
		}
	}
}

this code gives me a null pointer exeption at line 11...

why? how can i fix it?

thanks

[Celtboy]

in line 11, you try to access student[i] ... but student is an object, not an array.

What does your Student class look like?

[Jason]

from the code it looks like it would be an array of strings where each element in the array is a students name and the array is 500 names long...


Jason

[Celtboy]

that may be the intent, but it isn't the code. He'd need:

String[] student = new String[500];

[JAVAEOC]

i found it, thanks guys

student[i] = new Student();

thats all i forgot to do :P

thanks