How to assign values to instances of a method created via an array

Question

i have created an array of the PlayerRecord instance called currentPlayers and im trying to use another array of Strings to give names to the players (currentPlayers[instance].name) but it is failing horribly
when i try to name them one at a time as seen in the code here it seems to compile fine, but when i test it with a System.out.println(currentPlayers[0].name); it tells me "Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException"
Im assuming this happens because the instances of PlayerRecord were created using an array, therefore i could not give the PlayerRecord a name value to begin with, but shouldnt currentPlayers[0].name = namesarray[0]; make up for that and give the value in namesarray[0] to currentPlayers[0].name? therefore allowing me to display the value held in currentPlayers[0].name without the error?
public class Round
     public static PlayerRecord[] currentPlayers = new PlayerRecord[15];
     public Round(String[] namesarray)
     currentPlayers[0].name = namesarray[0];
     System.out.println(currentPlayers[0].name);     
public class test
  public static void main (String[] args)
  String[] namelist= {"a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g", "h", "i", "j", "k", "l","m", "n", "o", "p"};
  Round one = new Round(namelist);
public class PlayerRecord
     public String name;
     public PlayerRecord(String playername)
          name = playername;
}

Answer 1

unfortunately the rest of the program relies on being
able to change the number of elements in the array,
so in the end a variable would take the place of the
15 in
public static PlayerRecord[] currentPlayers =
new PlayerRecord[15];so that would not work
It 'works', just not the way you supposed it would. :^)
It initializes an array of 15 elements with references to type Round. You need to assign those references to instances. The only way to create instances is via the 'new' keyword.
im surprised java isnt up there in the top reasons
for suicide
It's too early in the week for me to start drinking.....
actually now that i think about it, i could make it
work by having a definite amount of elements in the
array, but the array of names cannot be read since
they are connected to the Round method
Correct me if I am wrong, but you do already have a definite number of elements in your array. 15.
so basically the creation of the array of
currentPlayers has to be before the Round method, yet
the naming of the players has to happen in the Round
method, is there any way this can be done?
Round is not a method. It is your class's constructor (I think). Right before calling the setter for 'name', call 'new' and assign the created Round instance to that array element (in your case '0').
Then call 'name'.
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