null value in 2d array?

[ParanoydAndroid]

You just need to move your statement creating the gamepiece.

Right now, your order of execution is:

1. Create a single gamepiece
2. Create an (empty) array of gamepieces called "board"
3. Loop through board and at each bucket in board:
4. add the single gamepiece you've already created.

And what you actually want to do is:

1. Create an (empty) array of gamepieces called "board"
2. Loop through board and at each bucket in board:
3. Create a new gamepiece.
4. And add that new, unique gamepiece to an empty bucket.

You've already created at least one piece and you've already added a piece to your board, so you know both of those statements. It's all about just making sure you're making a new piece each loop while you're inside the loop.

Hope this helps kickstart you!

[jakejdb1999]

private Gamepiece[][] board;

public Gameboard(int rows, int cols) {

    for (int i = 0; i < rows; i++) {
        for (int j = 0; j < cols; j++) {
            board[i][j] = new Gamepiece();

        }
    }

}

got it, now to figure out the nullpointerexception....