C#

lvcolumn.fmt |= HDF_BITMAP|HDF_BITMAP_ON_RIGHT;

lvColumn.fmt &= ~HDF_SORTDOWN;
lvColumn.fmt |= HDF_SORTUP;

private int [][] avtomat = new int[maxState][/* This is your problem. You haven't set it to anything */];

int blah[,] = new int[80,20]

int[,] numbers = new int[,] { {1, 2}, {3, 4}, {5, 6} };//rectangular
int[][] numbers = new int[2][] { new int[] {2,3,4}, new int[] {5,6,7,8,9} };//jagged or array of array
//as you can see the size of the second array in the jagged one can differ
//more on the topic => msdn lots of examples

  try {
datoteka.mark(1); ?
int tmp = datoteka.read();
datoteka.reset();  ?
return tmp;

try
{
    datoteka.mark(1);
    int tmp = datoteka.read();
    datoteka.reset();
    return tmp;
}
catch { return -1; } //I'm just guessing here, you didn't provide enough code

private int [][] avtomat = new int[maxState][30];

Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

That's not what I meant. I was pointing out where the null reference was occuring.

Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

If you tried the example you quote here, you get an InvalidFieldSpecifier problem, not a null reference exception.

Console.WriteLine( "this is a very " +
  "very very very " +
  "very very very " +
  "long string split into 4 lines that will be printed in one");