[turbox]

Ok, so i have to write a class where I can create list of students and add them to an array. I was wondering if i could make an array of objects and just add the students to that array or am i going to have to create another class? Thanks in advance.

class Student{
	public byte count = 0;
	public String id;
	public String name;
	public String score = " ";
	public char sex;
	public int age;
	public int labs[] = new int [12];
	
	public Student(){
			}
	
	public void setName(String newName){
		name = newName;
	}
	
	public void setSex(char newSex){
		sex = newSex;
	}
	
	public void setAge(int newAge){
		if(newAge < 100 && newAge > 0)
			age = newAge;
		else
			System.out.println("Invalid Age");
	}
	
	public void setId(String newId){
		if(newId.length() != 9)
			System.out.println("Invalid ID. Must be 9 digits long");
		else
			id = newId;
	}

	public void setScore(byte labNum, byte score){
		labs[labNum] = score;
		}	
	
		
}//end of student class
	

[macosxnerd101]

Best practice would be to design a class, like a School class, to encapsulate a Student[].

[turbox]

Ok, but how will i able to make a student and set the students id and lab scores if I made a School class?

[macosxnerd101]

A small example below:

//create your array, which stores numStudentsYouWant
//null variables
Student[] s = new Studen[numStudentsYouWant];

//instantiate a new Student
s[0] = new Student();

//and set it's name to 0
s[0].setName("Name");

I cover a basic inventory management system in my tutorial Moving Away From Parallel Arrays using a similar setup as yours. You might want to check out my tutorial.

[turbox]

Ok, thanks for your help and I will definitely check out your tutorial.