Null Reference Exception? I think I'm using arrays wrong...

So I'm trying to track down some weird errors, and I believe that I've narrowed it down to this block of code:

private Skill[] _skills;
private int[] _expTable;

public void Awake()
{
// Allocate the array of skills and initialize them. //
_skills = new Skill[(int)SkillName.MAX_SKILLS];
for (int i = 0; i < (int)SkillName.MAX_SKILLS; ++i)
{
_skills.level = startingLevel;
_skills.experience = 0;
}

// Allocate the experience table and initialize it. //
_expTable = new int[maxLevel];
for (int i = 0; i < maxLevel; ++i)
{
_expTable = (int)(expCurveConst + (i * expCurveScalar) + (i * i * expCurveSquare) + (i * i * i * expCurveCube));
}
}

It appears that whenever I try to access the "_skills" array(including inside Awake), I get a null reference exception. What am I doing wrong? Is my error someplace completely different?

I'm a C++ programmer mainly, and don't do much with C#, so I might just be making a newbie mistake...

 

I think what you mean is:

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. for (int i = 0; i < (int)SkillName.MAX_SKILLS; ++i)
3. {
4. _skills[i] = new Skill();
5. _skills[i].level = startingLevel;
6. _skills[i].experience = 0;
7. }
8.  

 

That fixed it, thank you so much!

In C++ when I allocate an array of objects, it allocates and initializes the objects themselves... bah.