ArrayIsOutOfBoundExceptions Error - Java

[hadenkl]

I keep getting an ArrayIsOutOfBoundsException error on this code below. I can't figure out how to fix it. Could someone tell me what needs to be done to sort it out? It's driving me crazy! I'm not very good at arrays........






import java.util.Scanner;

public class Shape
{
public static void main (String args[])

{

// set grid size
int gridSize = 20;

//create a 2D array called hits
final int COLS = 20;
final int ROWS = 20;

double hits [][] = new double[COLS][ROWS];

//set samples
final int samples = 100;

//create Scanner object
Scanner keyboard = new Scanner (System.in);

//ask user for outer radius
System.out.println ("Please enter the outer radius of the annulus");

double r1 = keyboard.nextDouble();

//Ask user for the inner radius
System.out.println ("Please enter the inner radius of the annulus");

double r2 = keyboard.nextDouble();

//set minx = 1r1
double minx = -r1;
//set maxx = r1
double maxx = r1;
//set miny -= -r1
double miny = -r1;
//set maxy = r1
double maxy = r1;

//set counter = 0
double counter = 0;

//set column and row for loops

for (int column = 0; column < gridSize-1; column++) {
double x = minx + (column + Math.random()) * ((maxx-minx)/gridSize);

for (int row = 0; row < gridSize-1; row++){
double y = miny + (row + Math.random()) * ((maxy-miny)/gridSize);


//set hits to 0

for (int i= 0; i<COLS; i++){
for (int j= 0; j<ROWS; j++){

//set test
double test = x*x + y*y;

if (test < r1*r1 && test > r2*r2)
{
//set hits = hits +1
hits [COLS][ROWS] = hits [i][j] +1;
}

//set hits = hits/samples
hits [COLS][ROWS] = hits [COLS][ROWS] /samples; error message shows here
//set counter = counter +hits
counter = counter + hits [COLS][ROWS]; or here

}

}

}
}

//set area
double area = (maxx-minx)*(maxy-miny)*counter/(gridSize*gridSize);
//output area
System.out.println ("Area: " + area);
}
}

[Zugzwang]

You define your "hits" array as an array with 20x20 elements:


double hits [][] = new double[COLS][ROWS];

Note that array indices start from 0 in Java, thus you have the columns 0...19 in your array. But then, you access the 20th column in your code:


hits [COLS][ROWS] = hits [COLS][ROWS] /samples;

This is the cause of the error. You probably forgot to fill in "column" and "row" instead of "COLS" And "ROWS" in this line.

[hadenkl]

You my friend have just shaved about ten years off my aging process: thank you so much for that!!! Something so simple is really hard to see after fretting over it for days!!!

[Zugzwang]

Ohhhhh yeah!!! I forgot about that!! Okay, so when you say I probably forgot to write rows and columns, what exactly do you mean? How would I do that? (I'm really, really confused after staring at this for about three days - not kidding).

I meant the following. You have two nested for loops:


for (int column = 0; column < gridSize-1; column++) {
double x = minx + (column + Math.random()) * ((maxx-minx)/gridSize);

for (int row = 0; row < gridSize-1; row++){

These use the variables "column" and "row" to mark their proceeding. Now in the following line:


hits [COLS][ROWS] = hits [COLS][ROWS] /samples;

it looks as if you meant:


hits [column][row] = hits [column][row] /samples;

As "row" and "column" were the name of variables, I put them into quotation marks in the post above to avoid confusing them with the ordinary plain English words row and column.

[hadenkl]

I figured out what you meant and frantically tried to edit my response before you replied!!

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you have saved the day!!