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

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?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 07 '15 at 16:56

    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" };

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

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