public long process(long[][] theArray) {
long result = 0l;
int xDimension = 0;
int yDimension = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < theArray.length; i++) {
for (int j = 0; j < theArray[0].length; j++) {
if (((yDimension + 12) < theArray.length) && ((xDimension + 12) < theArray[0].length)) {
result = (theArray[yDimension][xDimension + 1]) + (theArray[yDimension][xDimension + 2])
+ (theArray[yDimension + 1][xDimension]) + (theArray[yDimension + 1][xDimension + 3])
+ (theArray[yDimension + 2][xDimension]) + (theArray[yDimension + 2][xDimension + 3])
+ (theArray[yDimension + 3][xDimension + 1]) + (theArray[yDimension + 3][xDimension + 2]);
}
xDimension++;
}
xDimension -= (theArray[0].length);
yDimension++;
}
return result;
}// method()
--> my console says : Index 5 out of bounds for length 5. But how is that possible together with my if-condition?
xDimension
starts with 0
and will be negative after one iteration of the outer loop.