Malformed expression error

[shiv0013]

package Sample;


public class Sam {
    
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        R obj[] = new R[100];
            
            obj[0].current=0;
            
            
    }
    
}

public class R {
int current;
}

when executing this code i am getting null pointer exception.
while debugging at "obj[0].current=0 " it shows as malformed expression error.
please correct me........

[javaAddict]

At the line:
obj[0].current=0;

Something is null. You forgot to create the object that you are using.

[PersonalIT]

This is a fairly common mistake with arrays in Java.

The line
R obj[] = new R[100];
creates an array to hold objects of type R. However, no actual objects of type R are created yet. You need some code such as

for(int i=0; i<100; i++)
   obj[i] = new R();

to actually create the objects. This is sometimes confusing, as arrays are normally taught with primitive data types. Arrays created with primitive data types do initialize each element. So,

ints[] = new int[20]; 
ints[0] = 7;

works. But since you are using advanced data types, you need to initialize each element.