New to Java

I am trying to declare strings at the top of my main method and then print them in another method. This is the first code in main

public static void main(String[] args)
	{
		BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
	    String s = new String() ;
		boolean pb = true;
		int xc = 0;
		int yc = 0;
		String[] items = new String[10];
		items[0] = "health potion";
		items[1] = "";
		items[2] = "-";
		items[3] = "-";
		items[4] = "-";
		items[5] = "-";
		items[6] = "-";
		items[7] = "-";
		items[8] = "-";
		items[9] = "-";

and this the other method

public static void inv()
	{
		for (int i = 0; i <= 9; i ++)
					{
						System.out.println(items);

					}

				System.out.println ("");

	

	}





the error message is 



cannot find symbol

symbol: variable items

location: class keypad

System.out.println(items[i]);



cuold someone please explain to me? thanks for any replies