Java Programming

Hi,

I'm a rookie at Java so please be kind.

I'm trying to create a 2 dimensional array where I'm putt in country codes in column 0 and country names in column 1 using the ISO-3166.

Below is my method but i keep getting a Null Pointer Exception and I can' figure out why.  I believe my issue is in the way I'm putting my values in the array but I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.

public class BrowseISDO3166Test {

     public static void main(String[] args) {

          BrowseISDO3166Test object = new BrowseISDO3166Test();

          object.init();

     }

     String[][] countries;

     public void init() {

          String[] countryCodes = Locale.getISOCountries();

          int x = 0;

          for (String countryCode : countryCodes) {

               Locale obj = new Locale("", countryCode);

               String code = obj.getCountry();

               String name = obj.getDisplayCountry();

               countries[x][0] = code;

               countries[x][1] = name;

               x++;

           }

     }

}

Can someone explain to me what I'm doing wrong...

Thanks in Advance

JavaRookie