StringIndexOutOfBoundsException

Question

I am having a few problems in getting a method to work properly in Java. In the program I have created an array consisting of many different words of different length. The met

Answer 1

If you have replaced

for (int index = 0; index < wordTable.length; index++) {

with

for (int index = 0; index < length; index++) {

that is most likely not what you really want.

The better approach would be like this:

public static void inputMethod(int length, char letter, int position) {
  // check if input is valid
  if(position < length)
    for (int index = 0; index < wordTable.length; index++) {
      if (length == wordTable[index].length() && letter == wordTable[index].charAt(position) )
            System.out.println(wordTable[index]);
}

Answer 2

Well, obviously position is bigger than the length of the string that is found at wordTable[index] (or negative). You'll need to check against the length of the string too.

Answer 3

If the given position is greater or equal than the length of the current word, this can happen. Also worth a look: Is the position for the first character 0 or 1?

Answer 4

Is this your actual code? You are using three different variables: indexs, indeks and index in your for-loop. I'm surprised this even compiled. Don't retype your code, cut and paste the actual code.