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I Have 2 matrices (lower and upper) from the LU decomposition method, and I am trying to get the variables. Here are my Lower matrix and Upper matrix

public void getZ() {
    for(int i = 0; i < z.length; i++) { // iteration 
        if(i != nodeApplied) { // first we initialize the z with 0 
            // unless we reach the node that the force was applied
            z[i] = 0;
        } else {
            z[i] = force;
        }
    }
}

public void getNewZ() {
    // lower
    int[] newZ = new int[n]; // we create a new int list to save the values of the variables
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        int decrement = 0; // all positions in the row before the diagonal subtracted
        for (int j = 0; j < n; j++) {
            if (j == i) { // if it is a diagonal
                newZ[i] = (z[i] - decrement) / lu.lower[i][i];
            } else { // if is not in the diagonal
                decrement += lu.lower[i][j] * newZ[j];
            }
        }
    }
    this.z = newZ;
}

public void getVariables() {
    getNewZ();
    for(int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        System.out.println(z[i]);
    }
}

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
    at Matrix.getNewZ(Matrix.java:92)
    at Matrix.<init>(Matrix.java:68)
    at Matrix.main(Matrix.java:118)
PajLe
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Aini thecat
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I think the variable 'lu' has not been instantiated and currently points to null.

Michael
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