Calling a constructor from method within the same class

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Published on 2013-10-27T03:47:50Z Indexed on 2013/10/27 3:53 UTC
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I'm new to java and I'm learning about creating object classes. One of my homework assignment requires that I call the constructor at least once within a method of the same object class. I'm getting an error that says The method DoubleMatrix(double[][]) is undefined for the type DoubleMatrix

Here's my constructor:

public DoubleMatrix(double[][] tempArray)
{
    // Declaration
    int flag = 0;
    int cnt;

    // Statement

    // check to see if doubArray isn't null and has more than 0 rows
    if(tempArray == null || tempArray.length < 0)
    {
        flag++;
    }

    // check to see if each row has the same length
    if(flag == 0)
    {
        for(cnt = 0; cnt <= tempArray.length - 1 || flag != 1; cnt++)
        {
            if(tempArray[cnt + 1].length != tempArray[0].length)
            {
                flag++;
            }
        }
    }
    else if(flag == 1)
    {
        makeDoubMatrix(1, 1);// call makeDoubMatrix method
    }

}// end constructor 2

Here's the method where I try and call the constructor:

public double[][] addMatrix(double[][] tempDoub)
{
    // Declaration
    double[][] newMatrix;
    int rCnt, cCnt;

    //Statement

    // checking to see if both are of same dimension
    if(doubMatrix.length == tempDoub.length &&
            doubMatrix[0].length == tempDoub[0].length)
    {
        newMatrix = new double[doubMatrix.length][doubMatrix[0].length];

        // for loop to add matrix to a new one
        for(rCnt = 0; rCnt <= doubMatrix.length; rCnt++)
        {
            for(cCnt = 0; cCnt <= doubMatrix.length; cCnt++)
            {
                newMatrix[rCnt][cCnt] = doubMatrix[rCnt][cCnt] + tempDoub[rCnt][cCnt];
            }
        }
    }
    else
    {
        newMatrix = new double[0][0];
        DoubleMatrix(newMatrix)
    }

    return newMatrix;
}// end addMatrix method

Can someone point me to the right direction and explain why I'm getting an error?

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