for ( int index= egArray.length-1 ; index >= 0 ; index-- )

Reading in Each Element

Here is a program that prompts the user for each element and reads it in. The array is hard coded to be five elements long. After it is filled with data, the array is written to the monitor.

import java.io.* ;

class InputArray
{

  public static void main ( String[] args ) throws IOException
  {

    int[] array = new int[5];
    int   data;

    BufferedReader inData = 
        new BufferedReader ( new InputStreamReader( System.in ) );

    // input the data
    for ( ___________ ; ________________ ; _____________ )
    {
      System.out.println( "enter an integer: " );
      data           = Integer.parseInt( inData.readLine() );
      array[ index ] = data ;
    }
      
    // write out the data
    for ( ___________ ; ________________ ; _____________  )
    {
      System.out.println( "array[ " + index + " ] = " + array[ index ] );
    }

  }
}      

Usually a program would do something with the data after it was read in. This would usually involve more loops.