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copied!<p>Assigning the values to null is going to be the easiest practice. If you're really picky, you could resize the array, but that would be rather pointless. Just keep a separate size counter and decrement it each time you set something to null.</p> <p>Another reason you're getting a null pointer exception is that you have to consider what's happening when you're replacing values in your array with null but still iterating by counter. You're going to be left with holes in your array upon deletion. The first solution would be to bypass null values altogether, and just shift your array down (somewhat of an expensive operation). The second would be to alter your methods to take those null values into consideration. Example:</p> <p><pre><code> public void viewAll() { String addText = " NAME\tADDRESS\tPHONE NO.\tE-MAIL ADD\n\n"; int nonNull = 0; for (int i = 0; i < entry.length; i++) { if (entry[i] != null) { addText = addText + entry[i].getInfo() + "\n"; nonNull++; }</p> <code> if (nonNull == counter) break; } JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, new JTextArea(addText)); </code></pre> <p>} </code></p> <p>I don't have a compiler on this computer, so consider it more of psuedo-code. But the idea is that the counter is only keeping track of how many non-null values you have in your address book, and that these null values could be in random places of your array. I added the nonNull integer as a local counter to keep track of how many values you've encountered that aren't null (so you aren't forced to run through the entire address book). Then, I added the if statement to ensure that the value at entry[i] isn't a null value (trying to invoke getInfo() on a null value is what's giving you that error). Lastly, I added the if statement to break the loop if you've encountered all of the non-null values you have stored. Hope this helps. (Also it may be worth considering a LinkedList to eliminate the null values all together).</p> <p>Actually, for simplicity's sake, you probably are much better off using a LinkedList, unless you are required to use an array, since you would need to alter all of your methods to take null spaces in your array into account. Assuming you're familiar with LinkedLists of course.</p>

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