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    copied!<p>I want to initialize an array of Player objects for a BlackJack game. I've read a lot about various ways to initialize primitive objects like an array of ints or an array of strings but I cannot take the concept to what I am trying to do here (see below). I would like to return an array of initialized Player objects. The number of player objects to create is an integer for which I prompt the user. I was thinking the constructor could accept an integer value and name the player accordingly while initializing some member variables of the Player object. I think I am close but still quite confused too.</p> <pre><code>static class Player { private String Name; private int handValue; private boolean BlackJack; private TheCard[] Hand; public Player(int i) { if (i == 0) { this.Name = "Dealer"; } else { this.Name = "Player_" + String.valueOf(i); } this.handValue = 0; this.BlackJack = false; this.Hand = new TheCard[2]; } } private static Player[] InitializePlayers(int PlayerCount) { //The line below never completes after applying the suggested change Player[PlayerCount] thePlayers; for(int i = 0; i &lt; PlayerCount + 1; i++) { thePlayers[i] = new Player(i); } return thePlayers; } </code></pre> <p><strong><em>EDIT - UPDATE:</em></strong> Here is what I am getting after changing this as I understood your suggestion:</p> <pre><code>Thread [main] (Suspended) ClassNotFoundException(Throwable).&lt;init&gt;(String, Throwable) line: 217 ClassNotFoundException(Exception).&lt;init&gt;(String, Throwable) line: not available ClassNotFoundException.&lt;init&gt;(String) line: not available URLClassLoader$1.run() line: not available AccessController.doPrivileged(PrivilegedExceptionAction&lt;T&gt;, AccessControlContext) line: not available [native method] Launcher$ExtClassLoader(URLClassLoader).findClass(String) line: not available Launcher$ExtClassLoader.findClass(String) line: not available Launcher$ExtClassLoader(ClassLoader).loadClass(String, boolean) line: not available Launcher$AppClassLoader(ClassLoader).loadClass(String, boolean) line: not available Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(String, boolean) line: not available Launcher$AppClassLoader(ClassLoader).loadClass(String) line: not available BlackJackCardGame.InitializePlayers(int) line: 30 BlackJackCardGame.main(String[]) line: 249 </code></pre>
 

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