Why am i getting nullPointerException

[uneven quartz]

import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.IOException;

public class Animation {

    // sprite images
    BufferedImage down1, down2, left1, left2, left3, right1, right2, right3, right4, up1, up2;
    public static BufferedImage currentImage;





    public BufferedImage[] createSpriteImages() throws IOException {

        BufferedImage[] spriteImages = {down1, down2, left1, left2, left3,
                right1, right2, right3, right4, up1, up2};


        String[] imagePaths = {"/down1.png", "/down2.png", "/left1.png", "/left2.png", "left3.png",
                "/right1.png", "/right2.png", "/right3.png", "/right4.png", "/up1.png", "/up2.png"};

        for (int i = 0; i < spriteImages.length; i++) {
            spriteImages[i] = new BufferedImage(Map.cellWidth, Map.cellHeight, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
            spriteImages[i] = ImageIO.read(getClass().getResourceAsStream(imagePaths[i]));
        }
        return spriteImages;
    }


}

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[inner torrent]

isn't spriteImages an array?

oh wait nvm

it's probably because you didn't initialize the animations object

[proud solstice]

I didn't see mistake Could you help me

[dire quartz]

Java, and other typical programming languages, don't support implicit operators.
If you want a multiplication, you must put the multiplication operator.

[uneven quartz]

i fixed it