Int cannot be dereferenced (arrays)

Question

I'm using BlueJ. This is the code that's giving me the error.

public void printBackwards() {
    int count = 5;

    for (count = 5; count < holiday.length; count--) // Error: int cannot be dereferenced
    {
        System.out.println(holiday[count]);
        count++;
    }

This is the global array I'm working with.

String [] holiday = new String [] {"St Paddy's Day", "Spring Break", "Christmas Break", "Easter", "Independence Day"};

Anyone know what is causing the error? Thank you very much.

But won't run, as it generates a `ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException`. — Mordechai, Mar 18 '15 at 22:23
Sorry guys, I put the comment at the wrong part of the code. I've moved it up one line. My apologies. — G_Man, Mar 18 '15 at 22:25
And `holiday` is most definitely pointing the global variable, and not some other local/scope variable that isn't an array? — ryanyuyu, Mar 18 '15 at 22:27
The comment doesn't change anything. Voting to close as unreproduceable. — Sotirios Delimanolis, Mar 18 '15 at 22:27
The for loop will never execute,as the condition returns false in the first iteration. — Mordechai, Mar 18 '15 at 22:27

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 18 '15 at 22:27

try this it works :

class printBack {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
    int count;
    String [] holiday = new String [] {"St Paddy's Day", "Spring Break", "Christmas Break", "Easter", "Independence Day"};

    for (count = 0; count < holiday.length; count++) 
    {
        System.out.println(holiday[holiday.length-count-1]); // Error: int cannot be dereferenced
    }
}
}

OUTPUT :

Independence Day
Easter
Christmas Break
Spring Break
St Paddy's Day

Int cannot be dereferenced (arrays)

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