
Prelab Activities
Review
An array data type gives a name to a collection of data values and lets us access
individual items by their position within the collection. Arrays are ideal structures to
represent lists of items.
Lists
Lists occur as naturally in programming as they do in real life. We manipulate guest
lists, grocery lists, class lists, things-to-do lists. . . . The list of lists is endless. Three
properties characterize lists: The items are homogeneous, the items are linear, and lists
have varying length. ...