Re: Issue with array length in for loop

Thanks for all the interest so far. Here is the code (note: I have
changed things around a little bit based on peoples suggestions, but
am still having the same error).

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Vector;

public class HorseExample {

    public HorseExample(){

    }
    //Class for Jockey, stores the jockey's name and price
    public class Jockey {
        private Float price;
        private String fullName;

        //Initialisation
        public Jockey (String fullName, Float price) {
            this.fullName = fullName;
            this.price = price;
        }

        //Getters
        public String getFullName () {
            return fullName;
        }

        public Number getPrice () {
            return price;
        }
    }

    //Class for race, stores an array of jockeys running in the race and
the race number
    public class Race {
        private Jockey[] jockeys;
        private int number;

        //Initialisation
        public Race(){

        }

        public Race (int number, Jockey[] jockeys) {
            this.number = number;
            this.jockeys = jockeys;
        }

        //Getters
        public int getNumber () {
            return this.number;
        }

        public Jockey[] getJockeys () {
            return this.jockeys;
        }

        public int getRunners () {
            return this.jockeys.length;
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        HorseExample he = new HorseExample();

        //Initialise the variables
        DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
        Race[] races = {he.new Race()};
        String raceCode = "R";
        String meetingCode = "S";
        int raceCount = 0;

        //Get the track information
        try {
            Date date = df.parse("2010-12-26");

            //Get the number of races for the meeting
            URL url = new URL("http://www.tab.com.au/Racing/Information/" +
                    "DisplayRaces.aspx?State=2&MeetingCode="
                    + meetingCode + "&RacingCode=" + raceCode
                    + "&FromDate=" + df.format(date) + "T00:00:00");
            BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new
InputStreamReader(url.openStream()));
            String inputLine;
            while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
                if (inputLine.contains("javascript:WP")) {
                    raceCount = Integer.parseInt(inputLine.split("javascript:WP")
[1].split("'")[5]);
                }
            }

            //Populate the race array
            Vector<Race> raceVect = new Vector<Race>();
            for (int i=1;i<=raceCount;i++) {
                Vector<Jockey> jockVect = new Vector<Jockey>();
                String tmpRace = "0" + Integer.toString(i);
                if (tmpRace.length()==3){
                    tmpRace = tmpRace.substring(1);
                }
                url = new URL("http://www.tab.com.au/Racing/Betting/StandardBets/"
+
                        "PlaceStandardBet.aspx?State=2&MeetingCode="
                        + meetingCode + "&RacingCode=" + raceCode + "&FromDate=" +
df.format(date)
                        + "T00:00:00&BetType=Win&RaceNumber=" + tmpRace);
                in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(url.openStream()));
                while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
                    if (inputLine.contains("BetGrid_chk_AllRunners")) break;
                    if (inputLine.contains("TableCheckboxCell")){
                        String jName = inputLine.split(">")[5].split("&")[0];
                        Float jPrice;
                        try {
                            jPrice = Float.parseFloat(inputLine.split(">")[15].split("<")
[0]);
                        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
                            jPrice = Float.parseFloat("0");
                        }
                        jockVect.add(he.new Jockey(jName, jPrice));
                    }
                Jockey[] jArray = new Jockey[jockVect.size()];
                raceVect.add(he.new
Race(Integer.parseInt(tmpRace),jockVect.toArray(jArray)));
                }
            }
            races = raceVect.toArray(new Race[raceVect.size()]);

            //Go through the races
            System.out.println("Number of races: " + raceCount);
            for (Race race : races) {
                System.out.println("For race " + race.getNumber()
                        + " there is " + race.getRunners() + " horses");
            }

        //Error handling
        } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
            System.err.println("Malformed URL exception: " + e.getMessage());
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.err.println("IO exception: " + e.getMessage());
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            System.err.println("Parse exception: " + e.getMessage());
        }

    }

}