// Initialising an array of Strings
String[] getFruits()
   {

   // Allocate space for the array and set all elements to null.
   String[] s = new String [3];

   // Allocate the individual elements.
   // at this point s[i] is null not ""
   s[0] = "banana";
   s[1] = "strawberry";
   s[2] = favouriteFruit();

   return s;
   }