Sending Two Strings Into A Constructor

I did this using ArrayList<String> and my tests worked. Meaning I was able to read the strings in a different class through my constructor. However I want to use a string array because it will be easier to handle when I finish the program. I will send each players poker hand in and figure out who is the winner instead of putting it all onto a ArrayList and having to iterate through it. However whenever I did my check I am just printing null.

PokerFile class

void separateHands(String cards) {
//ArrayList<String>playerOne = new ArrayList<String>();
//ArrayList<String>playerTwo = new ArrayList<String>();
String[] playerOne = new String[10];
String[] playerTwo = new String[10];
 
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ignore the boolean methods I was just building the structure of the program. The print file is what is outputting this:

null
null
null
null
null
null

public class WinningHand extends PokerFile {
//ArrayList<String> p1 = new ArrayList<String>();
//ArrayList<String> p2 = new ArrayList<String>();
String[] p1 = new String[6];
String[] p2 = new String[6];
WinningHand(String[] p1,String[] p2)

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