processing 0135 on os 10.5, macbook pro
This is partly related to the processing book, but seems to be a general issue.

If I run this simple code:
String[] brees={ "OH ", "NY ", "CA "};
print(brees);

I would expect to get OH NY CA

What I do get is [Ljava.lang.String;@10be08

the only way to print a string array it seems, is to use println.
so
String[] brees={ "OH ", "NY ", "CA "};
println(brees);

gives

[0] "OH "
[1] "NY "
[2] "CA "

I don´t know if this is an error, but at least it behaves differently than
described in the online reference and in the book examples

yes, just as it says in the reference:
http://processing.org/reference/print_.html

does it say otherwise in the book?

there's no sensible way to do a print() of an array, because there are too
many possibilities for how to separate the data. if you want an array on a
single line, use join(), which will let you choose any delimiter you'd like
(spaces, commas, etc) and print() the result of that.

answer was:

//

in the book in example 33-17:
String [] trees = { "ash", "oak"};
print(trees);

and further on in the code.

same in 33-18, 33-20

//

bummer.. we'll need to fix this for the next printing of the book.

print() does not work with String[] arrays

We tried to fix this for the 3rd printing, but it was typeset incorrectly.
Examples 33-17 and 33-18 on page 309 needs to be re-formatted. But the
original problem is fixed.

*** Bug 975 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***