How to fix NullPointerException in For Loop [duplicate] - java

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So I am sort of new to Java and have only been doing it for a couple of months. I'm trying to implement different types of sorting algorithms and I think everything is okay except when I run it I get a NullPointerException on the for loop. I have already read this post What is a NullPointerException, and how do I fix it?. But I still can not figure out how to fix the problem even though I think it is quite simple. Any help?
import java.lang.*;
import java.util.*;
public class SortApp {
public int[] generateRandomArray(int size) {
int[] output = new int[size];
for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
output[i] = (int) (Math.random() * Integer.MAX_VALUE);
}
return output;
}
public void printArray(int[] inarray) {
for (int i = 0; i < inarray.length; i++) {
System.out.println(inarray[i]);
}
}
public boolean isSorted(int[] inarray) {
for (int i = 0; i < inarray.length; i++) { //Error here
if (inarray[i] > inarray[i + 1]) {
return false;
}
}
return true;
}
public int[] insertionSort(int[] inarray) {
int[] data = Arrays.copyOf(inarray, inarray.length);
int temp;
int j;
for (int i = 0; i < inarray.length; i++) {
temp = inarray[i];
for (j = 0; (j > 1) && (temp < inarray[j - 1]); j--)
inarray[j] = inarray[j - 1];
inarray[j] = temp;
}
return data;
}
public int[] selectionSort(int[] inarray) {
int[] data = Arrays.copyOf(inarray, inarray.length);
int temp;
int n = inarray.length;
for (int i = 0; i < inarray.length; i++) {
int k = i;
for (int j = i + 1; j < n; j++)
if (inarray[j] < inarray[k])
k = j;
temp = inarray[i];
inarray[i] = inarray[k];
inarray[k] = temp;
}
return data;
}
public int[] mergeSort(int[] inarray, int temp[], int l, int r) {
int[] data = Arrays.copyOf(inarray, inarray.length);
if (l == r) return null;
int mid = (l + r) / 2;
mergeSort(inarray, temp, l, mid);
mergeSort(inarray, temp, mid + 1, r);
int i, j, k;
for (i = l; i <= r; i++)
temp[i] = inarray[i];
for (i = l, j = mid + 1, k = l; i <= mid && j <= r && k <= r; k++)
if (temp[i] < temp[j]) inarray[k] = temp[i];
i++;
inarray[k] = temp[j];
j++;
for (; i <= mid; i++, k++)
inarray[k] = temp[i];
for (; j <= r; j++, k++)
inarray[k] = temp[j];
return data;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SortApp myApp = new SortApp();
int[] data = myApp.generateRandomArray(10);
boolean isSortedA = myApp.isSorted(myApp.insertionSort(data));
boolean isSortedB = myApp.isSorted(myApp.selectionSort(data));
boolean isSortedC = myApp.isSorted(myApp.mergeSort(data, data, 0, 0)); //Error here
myApp.printArray(data);
}
}
Error I am getting is this:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
at SortApp.isSorted(SortApp.java:23)
at SortApp.main(SortApp.java:91)

It's because of this line:
if (l==r) return null;
You are passing in 0 for both l and r meaning they are equal. Therefore, you are getting a null value passed in to your isSorted() call.

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Exception in thread "main"
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at Tugas7.No3.seqSearch(No3.java:72)
at Tugas7.No3Main.main(No3Main.java:27)
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public int jumData,min,max;
;
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{
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{
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list[left++] = list[right];
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}
public static void restore(int list[])
{
for(int i = 0; i < list.length; i++)
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{
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A[i] = i + 1;
int[] B = new int[100];
int q = 100;
for(int i = 0; i < B.length; i++)
B[i] = q--;
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}
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