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public class ArrayMDInit {
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    public static void main(String[] args) {

        char[][] someWords = {  {'E','a','t'},
                                null,
                                {'m','y'},
                                null,
                                {'s','h','o','r','t','s'}
                            };
        int word,character;

        for (word = 0; word < someWords.length; word++) {
            if (someWords[word] != null) {
                for (character = 0; character < someWords[word].length; character++) {
                    System.out.print(someWords[word][character]);
                }
            } else {
                System.out.print(" ");
            }
        }
        System.out.println();

    }
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}
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