Why am I getting an java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException exception? - exception

Question

I am writing the following code for a program that returns a boolean of whether or not three consecutive numbers in an array of ints add up to 7. I am getting the following exception instead of the output that I want: "java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException:5". Please can someone explain how I can fix this issue?
public static void main(String[] args) {
int[] numbers ={2,1,5,1,0};
System.out.println(luckysevens(numbers));
}
public static boolean luckysevens(int array[]) {
boolean isLucky= false;
for (int i=0; i<=array.length; i++){
if (array[i]+array[i+1]+array[i+2]==7){
isLucky=true;
}
else {
i++;
}
}
return isLucky;
}
}

Answer 1

Because you are accessing the array elements beyond its length.
For an array of length L, you can access elements in index range of 0 to L-1.
The above exception arises when you access elements beyond this index range.
You don't even need to increment in the else condition.
public static void main(String[] args) {
int[] numbers ={2,1,5,1,0};
System.out.println(luckysevens(numbers));
}
public static boolean luckysevens(int array[]) {
boolean isLucky= false;
for (int i=0; i<array.length-2; i++){
if (array[i]+array[i+1]+array[i+2]==7){
isLucky=true;
}
}
return isLucky;
}
}

Answer 2

You're comparing from 0 - 5 (i.e. 6 elements, but your array has only 5), so you're going out of the bounds.
All you have to do is to go from 0 - array.length-1; therefore have to change condition part i<=array.length; to like this i<(array.length-1);
public static void main(String[] args) {
int[] numbers ={2,1,5,1,0};
System.out.println(luckysevens(numbers));
}
public static boolean luckysevens(int array[]) {
boolean isLucky= false;
for (int i=0; i<(array.length-1); i++){
if (array[i]+array[i+1]+array[i+2]==7){
isLucky=true;
}
else {
i++;
}
}
return isLucky;
}

Answer 3

public static void main(String[] args)
{
int[] numbers ={2,1,5,1,0};
System.out.println(luckysevens(numbers));
}
public static boolean luckysevens(int array[])
{
boolean isLucky= false;
//Use array.length-2 in the code
for (int i=0; i<=array.length-2; i++)
{
if (array[i]+array[i+1]+array[i+2]==7)
{
isLucky=true;
return isLucky;
}
}
return isLucky;
}