title: 2 dimensional char array creation/initialization in Java
body: <p>I've found my answer here multiple times both for programming problems, but thing is this time i can't, not in here, not in the web generally so here i am asking. </p>
  
  <p>i'm getting this error<br>
  <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/WXmRH.png" alt="Error msg: Syntax error on token &quot;;&quot;,, expected."></p>
  
  <p>On the <code>public char pinakas[][]</code> - 4th line while i'm trying to create/initialize my 2 dimensional char array (it's going to store chars from A to Z)</p>
  
  <pre><code>public class Board {
  
      public char pinakas[][]; 
      pinakas = new char[4][3];
  
  
      // constructor - initialize
      public Board() {
  
          for (int i = 0; i &lt; 5; i++) {
              for (int j = 0; j &lt; 4; j++) {
                  pinakas[i][j] = '*';
              }
          }
      }
  
      // Fill board with *
      public void fillBoard1() {
          for (int i = 0; i &lt; 5; i++) {
              for (int j = 0; j &lt; 4; j++) {
                  pinakas[i][j] = '*';
              }
          }
      }
  
      // Fill board with A
      public void fillBoard2() {
          for (int i = 0; i &lt; 5; i++) {
              for (int j = 0; j &lt; 4; j++) {
                  pinakas[i][j] = 'A';
              }
          }
      }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Please help, i'm going insane 
  (i'm Using Eclipse and coding in Java (huehue))</p>