java - Creating objects with a for loop -

i need create several contacts populate arraylist. when try create , object of type contact inside loop, keeps returning , object has same reference through of them. therefore, when change first contact, every other contact in array changes. overlooking?

 string[] split = ret.split(";");  this.clear();  for(int j = 0; j<split.length/6;j++)         {             contact contact = new contact();             for(int =j*6; i<split.length;i++)             {                 if(i%6==0){contact.setfirst(split[i]);}                 else if(i%6==1){contact.setlast(split[i]);}                 else if(i%6==2){contact.setcell(split[i]);}                 else if(i%6==3){contact.setwork(split[i]);}                 else if(i%6==4){contact.setemail(split[i]);}              }             this.add((e) contact);         }        

thanks evrything.

this:

for(int =j*6; i<split.length;i++) 

should be:

for(int =j*6; i< (j+1)*6;i++) 

basically looping between j*6 , length of array split, every time. way, in every loop kept seting fields different values until last one. of contact set values of last one.