public class Stringer { public static void main(String[] args) { String[] arrayOfStrings = { "hello", "this", "is", "a", "test" }; for (int i = 0; i < arrayOfStrings.length; i++) { System.out.print(arrayOfStrings[i].charAt(0)); } System.out.println(); System.out.println(); for (int i = 0; i < arrayOfStrings.length; i++) { for (int j = 0; j < arrayOfStrings.length; j++) { System.out.print(arrayOfStrings[i].compareTo(arrayOfStrings[j]) + " "); } System.out.println(); } } public static void main2(String[] args) { String aa = null; System.out.println(aa.charAt(0)); } }