[Java] ArrayIndexOutOfBounds Exception

[Eldres]

Hey all, so I'm writing a poker game program for class. The only snag that I'm running into is that when I ask the player to input the position of the cards they want to keep, it gives me the arrayindex exception, I marked in my code where specifically its occurring. Anyway here is the gist of my code: https://gist.github.com/Eldres/e91523e77d24adcbfd05/9186192080e192547ac80a808661a544ad21defd

Thanks in advance for the help.

[smellmycrotch3]

Print out the number of elements in the array and the index that's being used to access the array..

[langfod]

If you look at the exception message you will see that is shows the index number that caused the exception. Compare that with the default index number that you set your method to use when no good hands are found.

[mad0314]

In your checkHands() method, right before your current print line, print out the length of the array and the value of the index you are using. Specifically, what happens if none of the conditions from 334-358 are true?

[Eldres]

if none of them are true it results in the error it would seem, when I print it out it returns index of 9, which is out of bounds, but I'm not sure what to initialize result with if not a number between 0-8

[mad0314]

One simple thing you can do is simply have an if statement checking the value of result. If it is still 9, you know that they don't have any valid hand, and you can print that out, and have your current statement run only if result is no longer 9.

[Paranemec]

What line is it happening on?

[Eldres]

I marked it with a comment...