Returning results of a method 2x

Question

Hi.
I have an applet that calls a method twice in the init() . Each time the method is called, two different boolean parameters are passed to it. At the end of the method is a return statement which returns the results of an integer multi-variable called grid. However for some reason Java doesn't seem to call the method twice, but instead assigns the second call from memory. Can someone please let me know how to fix this problem.
//Declare variables and Data Types
int[][][] grid = new int[16][16][3];
int[][][] player = new int[16][16][3];
int[][][] computer = new int[16][16][3];
//setUpPlayer()
public int[][][] setUpPlayer(boolean ispc) {
// ... Code That Generates the grid ...
return grid;
//Init()
public void init()     {
player = setUpPlayer(false);
computer = setUpPlayer(true);
}So why are the computer and player objects the same. That is, why is player[16][16][3] = computer[16][16][3] = grid[16][16][3] ? Shouldn't the return statement be different every time the setUpPlayer() is called ?????????????
Please help.

Answer 1

Since your setupPlayer returns grid, no matter how many times you call it it will return grid - unless you have another variable called grid in the method, which will take precedence over the class variable. It appears that you do not have one, so it will always return grid