I have a 6x5 grid of JTextFields.  I filled the grid quickly in the
constructor by using a FOR loop in the constructor.  The code is:

 JTextField [] text=new JTextField[30];
 for (int i=0;i<30;i++){
     text[i] =new JTextField(5);
     textEntry[i]=text[i].getText();
     panel_3.add(text[i],5); }

I want to use the text fields for user input and get the user input when a
button is pushed.  For example, in the button event I tried String
str=text[1].getText();.

The code will not compile because the text[1] variable scope is limited to
the FOR loop in the constructor.

Initializing 30 text fields does not seem like a lot.  What if there were
over a  hundred?  Would each text field have to be initialized one by one,
rather than in a loop?  Anyone have any shortcuts?

Thanks,
Vince