java - Initiating objects in a for loop -

public static int askingamount() {     system.out.println("how many persons there in company?");     scanner amounts = new scanner(system.in);     amount = amounts.nextint();     system.out.println(amount);     amounts.close();     return amount; } public static void makingpersons() {     (int i=0 ; i<amount ; i++) {         int personnumber=0;         person person[i] = new person();  //<--- problem         system.out.println("person");     } } 

in first method trying ask user how many persons , return amount. in second wanted create equal amount of person objects , name them person1, person2, person3 using variable "i" don't work. clues?

define array outside loop class member:

person[] person; 

then in askingamount initialize it:

person = new person[amount]; 

and inside loop do:

person[i] = new person();