gistfile1.java

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class Quad {

  public static void main(String args[])
	{	
		ArrayList resultArray= new ArrayList();
		ArrayList elementArray= new ArrayList();
		
		System.out.println("Enter the number of elements you want:");
		Scanner scanner= new Scanner(System.in);
		//int numberOfElemnets= scanner.nextInt();
		getElements(scanner.nextInt());
		
	}
	
	public static void getElements(int number)
	{
		for(int i=0;i<number;i++)
		{
			resultArray.add(number); // can't access elementArray here.  --------------------  Issue ---------------------
			
		}
	}
}

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class Quad {

ArrayList resultArray = null;
ArrayList elementArray= null;

public static void main(String args[])
{
resultArray= new ArrayList();
elementArray= new ArrayList();

    System.out.println("Enter the number of elements you want:");
    Scanner scanner= new Scanner(System.in);
    //int numberOfElemnets= scanner.nextInt();
    getElements(scanner.nextInt());

}

public static void getElements(int number)
{
    for(int i=0;i<number;i++)
    {
        resultArray.add(number); // Now you can  access elementArray here. :)  

    }
}

}