NullPointerException

Sorry for asking for help so much. >_> But you guys really are helping!

So here's my problem. I'm advancing towards a placement code. It runs through, organizing all the players into their places. Depending on their place (1-8) it assigns them to a String[] called "Placement." Then I broadcast the placing. i.e. "First place " + Placement[1] It should work. However, I'm getting a NullPointerException at line 25. What did I do wrong? Thanks!

Here is my code:

Code:javascript

    public static String[] Placement;
 
    public static int getPlayerPlacing(Player p)
    {
        int playerplace = 1;    
        for(Player online : Bukkit.getServer().getOnlinePlayers()) 
        {
            if(p.getMetadata("playerScore").get(0).asInt() > online.getMetadata("playerScore").get(0).asInt() && !p.equals(online) && playerplace != 1)
            {
                playerplace--;
            }
            else if(p.getMetadata("playerScore").get(0).asInt() < online.getMetadata("playerScore").get(0).asInt() && playerplace != 8)
            {
                playerplace++;
            }
        }
        return playerplace;
    }
 
    public static void placePlayers()
    {
 
        for(int x = 1; x < 8; x = x+1) 
        {
            Placement[x] = "--"; // <-- NULL POINTER EXCEPTION RIGHT HERE
        }
 
        plugin.getServer().broadcastMessage("§3---------- §b§l CURRENT PLACING §3----------");
        for(Player online : Bukkit.getServer().getOnlinePlayers()) 
        {
            Placement[getPlayerPlacing(online)] = online.getDisplayName();
        }
            plugin.getServer().broadcastMessage("§e§oFirst place: §c§o" + Placement[1]);
            plugin.getServer().broadcastMessage("§7§oSecond place: §c§o" + Placement[2]);
            plugin.getServer().broadcastMessage("§6§oThird place: §c§o" + Placement[3]);
            plugin.getServer().broadcastMessage("§9§oFourth place: §c§o" + Placement[4]);
            plugin.getServer().broadcastMessage("§3§oFifth place: §c§o" + Placement[5]);
            plugin.getServer().broadcastMessage("§5§oSixth place: §c§o" + Placement[6]);
            plugin.getServer().broadcastMessage("§5§oSeventh place: §c§o" + Placement[7]);
            plugin.getServer().broadcastMessage("§5§oEight place: §c§o" + Placement[8]);
 
        plugin.getServer().broadcastMessage("§3--------------------------------------------");
 
    }

 

You need to define your array first. Like this

Code:

String[] placement = new String[8];

Arrays also start from 0, not 1, so array of size 8 has indexes 0-7.

You might want to go through tutorial or two to help you speed up your coding and avoid issues like this.