How do I add to an array from a static method?

How to call a method in a Java array, please help!?

• I'm trying to compile my code here. I need to pass the two-dimensional array multTable to the method makeArray, however I keep getting the same error that tells me method makeArray in class multiplicationTable1 cannot be applied to given types; makeArray(multTable);. My code is listed below, please help me! public class multiplicationTable1 { public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println ("Multiplication Table of 1's Through 9's"); int arraySize = 9; int[][] multTable; makeArray(multTable); printArray(multTable); } public static int [][] makeArray (int size) { //create a 2-dimensional array of int int[][] newArray = new int[size][size]; //populate array with values for(int row=0; row < newArray.length; ++row) for(int col=0; col < newArray.length; ++col) newArray[row][col] = (row + 1) * (col + 1); //return array to caller return newArray; } public static void printArray(int[][] newArray) { for(int row=0;row < newArray.length; ++row) for(int col=0; col < newArray.length; ++col) System.out.print("\t"+newArray[row]); System.out.println("\n"); } }

• Answer:

  I see what you're trying to do. You want to give makeArrsy(..) just the size and have it return the array. This is what you wanted: int[][] multTable = makeArray(arraySize);