How do I assign the elements inside an instance variable of arrays? [duplicate]

Question

public class Weapons
{
    private String[] weaponType;
    
    public Weapons()
    {   
        this.weaponType[] = {"Melee", "Range", "Magic"};
    }   

}

It's giving me 2 errors.

Syntax error, insert ";" to complete BlockStatements

Syntax error, insert "AssignmentOperator Expression" to complete Assignment

How do I properly assign the elements inside the array from an instance variable of arrays?

Suresh Atta · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-07 16:56:07Z

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    this.weaponType[] = {"Melee", "Range", "Magic"};

Should be

this.weaponType = new String [] {"Melee", "Range", "Magic"};

You missed the type while assigning it and you need not to add those [] again while assigning.

And if you want to move that assignment to top because of that static data, you can simply write

private String[] weaponType ={ "Melee", "Range", "Magic" };

answered Oct 7, 2015 at 16:56

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