Creating an Array for the first time

Question

My assignment is : Create a Class to store 100 integers in an Array. Call your class “SimpleArray”, and store it in a file called “SimpleArray.java”. All code should go in the main() method. First declare an array of 100 integers. Use a for loop to store the numbers between 500 and 599 in the array. Then build a second loop to print out the data in this array.

This is what I have.

public class SimpleArray {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        int[] myArray = new int[100];

        for (int i = 0; i < myArray.length; i++) {
            myArray[i] = i + 1;
        }   

        for (int y = 500; y < 599; y++) {
            System.out.println(myArray[y]);
        }
    }
}

Any help would be appreciated I don't quite understand how to do the two different loops. My program works, but it doesn't do what my assignment asks for it to do.

Answer 1

Firstly to store the numbers

for (int i = 0; i < myArray.length; i++) {
    myArray[i] = i + 500;  // store [0] = 0 + 500, [1] = 1 + 500 etc
}   

and then to print

for (int y = 0; y < myArray.length; y++)
        System.out.println(myArray[y]);
}

There is also an easier way to print the entire array

    for (int val : myArray) {
        System.out.println(val);
    }