How do I populate Java arrays?

An array of anything is denoted by the use of square brackets "[]" or multiple square brackets , one pair per array dimension. Arrays start their series at an index of zero. All you have to do is allocate the appropriate type of object or primitive to each index array position.The easiest way to do this is using loops, as in your examples, with nested loops catering for arrays with several dimensions. The alternative is to declare the array with its members all at one time, which may not be appropriate, and can mean extra coding work when it is often easier to let the loop do the work, incrementing the indexes and the values they hold in one instruction.

krakatoa,

Could you write some code within my code snippets to describe a basic use of my attached methods? I'm just struggling to understand how the methods can be used, for example, how the below line can be used:

private static void addBet(int [] [] allBets, int [] newBet, int row)

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Thanks.

Not sure that my writing anything is going to clarify things more than they already are, as you already have the code, and you appreciate what it's aiming to do.  But I can say that the above line you quote is a method which takes three parameters - an two-dimensioned int array, a one dimension int array, and then an int. These three values then need to be processed in the method, to by the looks of it - add a bet. The arguments can be used to do anything your application needs or sees fit to calculate - odds, payouts, whatever. Your method can return direct results to whomever called it, and/or store the information in tables or vectors or whatever. I can't see any specific problem here for you, and you are not really mentioning any such.

Best would be for you to complete the logic, and / or use the model in your question to code it up yourself. Once you have that code and it actually yields some results, then we can see which, if any, problems emerge from it and attend to them.

So how will I use this to add a bet? For example, I have the below code that prompts the user for 6 lottery numbers then matches these to a 6 random number draw to declare if the user is a winner or not. How would I use the addBet method to allow the user to place multiple bets (each bets is a set of 6 numbers) before the final draw is made? Obviously I would somehow have to pin a username against multiple bets so I can match winners to bets?

import java.util.Scanner;
import java.util.Random;


public class LotteryNumbers
{
 public static void main(String[] args)
 {
  System.out.println( "Play Lottery : 6/49" + "\n");

  // Part 1: Pick six  numbers, between 1 and 49.
  // and put them in an arry of six numbers


  int [] P = new int [6];

  // Create a Scanner input from keyboard
  System.out.println("Part1:  \n");
  System.out.println( "£1 for a line of six numbers. Play!" + "\n");

  System.out.println("Enter your lottery numbers - enter one number at a time.");

   for (int index =0; index <6; index++)
    {
     Scanner keyboard = new Scanner (System.in);
     System.out.print("# " + (index+1) + ": ");
     P[index] = keyboard.nextInt();
       }


         while (
        (P[0] < 1|| P[0] >49)||
              (P[1] < 1|| P[1] >49)||
              (P[2] < 1|| P[2] >49)||
              (P[3] < 1|| P[3] >49)||
              (P[4] < 1|| P[4] >49)||
              (P[5] < 1|| P[5] >49)

              ||

              P[0] == P[1] || P[0] == P[2] || P[0] ==P[3] || P[0]== P[4] || P[0] ==P[5]||

              P[1] == P[2] || P[1] ==P[3] || P[1] ==P[4] || P[1]== P[5] ||

              P[2] == P[3] || P[2] ==P[4] || P[2] ==P[5] ||

              P[3] == P[4] || P[3] ==P[5] ||
              P[4] == P[5]
              )


              {
                  System.out.println( "Error: Please use numbers between 1 and 49 inclusive, and no repititions");

       for (int index =0; index <6; index++)
         {

        Scanner keyboard = new Scanner (System.in);
        System.out.print(" Pick # " + (index+1) + ": ");
           P[index] = keyboard.nextInt();

         }

          }


       // Part 1B": Put your numbers pick in increasing order. Sort the numbers from lowest to highest.


       int startScan, index, minIndex, minValue;

       for ( startScan= 0; startScan <(P.length-1); startScan++)

       {
     minIndex = startScan;
     minValue = P[startScan];

     for ( index = startScan +1; index <P.length; index++)
     {
      if (P[index] < minValue)
      {
       minValue = P[index];
       minIndex =index;
      }

     }
      P[minIndex] = P[startScan];
      P[startScan] =minValue;

     }




  System.out. println ( "This is the sorted list of your  numbers:");

  for (int j =0; j <P.length; j++)

   System.out.print (  P[j] + "  ");



  System.out.println ("End of part 1 \n\n");
        System.out.println();

       // Part 2: Generate 6 random numbers for lottery draw
        System.out.println( "Part2:");

       // Create a Random class object.


        // Let the lottery numbers be:

  int N1, N2, N3, N4, N5, N6 ;   // random numbers

  Random randomNumber = new Random();


        // Let

        N1=1;  N2 = 1;  N3 = 1; N4 = 1; N5=1;  N6= 1;


        while ( N1 <1 ||  N2 <1 || N3 <1 || N4 <1 ||N5 < 1 ||  N6 <1 ||

                 N1==N2 || N1==N3 || N1==N4 || N1==N5 || N1==N6||
                 N2==N3 || N2==N4 || N2==N5 || N2==N6 ||
                 N3==N4 || N3==N5 || N3==N6 ||
                 N4==N5 || N4==N6 ||
                 N5==N6
               )

        {

  N1 = randomNumber.nextInt(49);   N2 = randomNumber.nextInt(49);       N3 = randomNumber.nextInt(49);


        N4 = randomNumber.nextInt(49);     N5 = randomNumber.nextInt(49);        N6 = randomNumber.nextInt(49);

     }


       // Create an array of the Lottery random numbers

       int [] lotteryNumbers  = new int[6];

        lotteryNumbers[0] = N1;    lotteryNumbers[1] = N2;      lotteryNumbers[2] = N3;
        lotteryNumbers[3] = N4;    lotteryNumbers[4] = N5;      lotteryNumbers[5] = N6;



       System.out. println ("The Random-Draw Lottery  Numbers are:");
           for (int j =0; j <lotteryNumbers.length; j++)

           System.out. println ( "#  " + (j+1) + "\t"  + lotteryNumbers[j]);


           System.out. println ();


        // sort the numbers from lowest to highest.

       for ( startScan= 0; startScan <(lotteryNumbers.length-1); startScan++)

       {
     minIndex = startScan;
     minValue = lotteryNumbers[startScan];

     for ( index = startScan +1; index <lotteryNumbers.length; index++)
     {
      if (lotteryNumbers[index] < minValue)
      {
       minValue = lotteryNumbers[index];
       minIndex =index;
      }

     }
      lotteryNumbers[minIndex] = lotteryNumbers[startScan];
      lotteryNumbers[startScan] =minValue;

     }


          System.out. println( "This is the  sorted list of lottery-draw numbers:");

          for (int j =0; j <lotteryNumbers.length; j++)

           System.out. print ( lotteryNumbers[j] + "  ");

           //


        System.out.println( "End of part 2 \n\n");

        System.out.println();

          // Part 3: check lottery numbers - see if P[] == lotteryNumbers[]
          // Let

         System.out.println( "Part3: lottery check!"+ "\n\n");

         int count = 0;

         for ( index = 0; index <6;index++)

          {
     for (int L = 0; L <6; L++)

           if ( P[index] == lotteryNumbers[L])

            count++;
      }


         System.out.println("You matched:  " + count + " number(s)!");

          if( count == 0 )
          System.out.println( "Sorry, You are not a winner this time."+ "\n" );

          if( count == 1 )
          System.out.println( "You  win £1."+"\n" );

          if( count == 2 )
          System.out.println( "You win £2."+"\n");


          if( count == 3)

          System.out.println( "You win £3."+"\n");

          if( count == 4)

          System.out.println( "You win £4."+"\n");

          if( count == 5)

          System.out.println( "You win £50."+"\n");

          if( count == 6)

          System.out.println( "You  win the jackpot of £1000."+"\n");

 }
}

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Thanks.

So . . . it's not your code, right? Or have you forgotten how it works?

The helper code snippets were given to me to implement within my project, I just wasn't too sure how to use them. I will read in to maps.

"But the problem with addBets function is you can't increase the size of allBets." - this should be ok as there is a maximum of 20 bets before the lottery draw is to be made.

Thanks.

In that case the approach I have suggested with work fine.

Are you expecting anything else??