Arrays

[marshmallow]

Is there any way to create an array with a long variable as the number of positions?

If you don't know what I mean by that (Since I'm not great at explanations.):

I have this:

boolean primes[] = new boolean [num + 1];

But I wanted to have num be a long type variable rather than int. Why doesn't it let me do that? And is there any way to get around this?

[wtd]

No, you cannot. This is a limitation imposed by the language that you'll have to deal with. Is there any particular reason you need an array that big?

[marshmallow]

The size of the array is based on the user's input, so I was just trying to see if I could make it a larger number if need be. But it's not crucial. Thanks for the help.

[Andy]

int goes up to 2 billion something.. for somereason, i doubt u need that many elements...