[java] initializing a boolean array in java

I have this code

public static Boolean freq[] = new Boolean[Global.iParameter[2]];
freq[Global.iParameter[2]] = false;

could someone tell me what exactly i'm doing wrong here and how would i correct it? I just need to initialize all the array elements to Boolean false. thank you

Arrays in Java start indexing at 0. So in your example you are referring to an element that is outside the array by one.

It should probably be something like freq[Global.iParameter[2]-1]=false;

You would need to loop through the array to initialize all of it, this line only initializes the last element.

Actually, I'm pretty sure that false is default for booleans in Java, so you might not need to initialize at all.

Best Regards

public static Boolean freq[] = new Boolean[Global.iParameter[2]];

Global.iParameter[2]:

It should be const value

The array will be initialized to false when you allocate it.

All arrays in Java are initialized to the default value for the type. This means that arrays of ints are initialised to 0, arrays of booleans are initialised to false and arrays of reference types are initialised to null.

They will be initialized to false by default. In Java arrays are created on heap and every element of the array is given a default value depending on its type. For boolean data type the default value is false.

The main difference is that Boolean is an object and boolean is an primitive.

• Object default value is null;
• boolean default value is false;