Problem with bidim Array - increases to double why ? Anyone plz???

Question

Hey , same problem but now its BETA version =P
So...the board woks fine just for one letter, but if i call it more than once...it will increase the number of line and columns..don't want that.. number of lines are 28 and columns are 48..it will have to insert the letter (any letters) inside that size lol ...he's not doin....what is wrong? :S
public class Tabuleiro {
     public void drawboard(int x, int y, String letter){
           String [][] h = new String[this.numLines+1][this.numColu+1];
          for(int i =1; i != h.length; i++){
               for(int j= 1; j != h.length; j++){
                    if (i == x && j == y) {
                         h[i][j] = " "+letter+" " ;
                         System.out.print(h[x][y]);
                    } else
                         System.out.print(h[i][j] = " . ");
               System.out.println();
     public static void main(String[] xxx){
          Tabuleiro tabu = new Tabuleiro();
     //     String [][]y = new String[numLines][numColu];
          tabu.drawboard(20, 40, "L");
          tabu.drawboard(14, 10, "A");
          tabu.drawboard(7,18,"P");
     private final int numLines = 28;
     private final int numColu = 48;
I think it could be easier if i create a method just for the board populated with "." and then if is it possible , create another method that receive 3 arguments ( x, y, letter) and insert them in the board ( is it possible to do that? ) one method only to the board ( that receive de number of lines and columns) and another method that call that board and receive those 3 arguments.
can i do that? how?
Anyone????
thanks
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Answer 1

public class Tabuleiro {
    public void drawboard(int x, int y, String letter) {
        for (int i = 0; i < h.length; i++) {
            for (int j = 0; j < h.length; j++) {
if (i == x && j == y) {
h[i][j] = " " + letter + " ";
} else if (h[i][j] == null) {
h[i][j] = " . ";
public void printToConsole() {
// Try to figure out what to write here by using the field 'h'
// and methods: System.out.print() and System.out.println()
public static void main(String[] xxx) {
Tabuleiro tabu = new Tabuleiro();
tabu.drawboard(20, 40, "L");
tabu.drawboard(14, 10, "A");
tabu.drawboard(7, 18, "P");
tabu.printToConsole();
private final int numLines = 28;
private final int numColu = 48;
private final String[][] h = new String[numLines][numColu];