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Java Essentials For Dummies
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Java Essentials For Dummies

by Doug Lowe, Paul McFedries
December 2024
Beginner
208 pages
3h 46m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 12

Using Arrays

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Working with basic one-dimensional arrays

Bullet Using array initializers to set the initial values of an array

Bullet Using for loops with arrays

Bullet Working with two-dimensional arrays

We could use a raise… .

Oh, arrays. Sorry.

Arrays are an important aspect of any programming language, and Java is no exception. In this chapter, you discover just about everything you need to know about using arrays. We cover run-of-the-mill one-dimensional arrays; multidimensional arrays; and two classes that are used to work with arrays, named Array and Arrays.

Understanding Arrays

An array is a set of variables that is referenced by using a single variable name combined with an index number. Each item of an array is called an element. All the elements in an array must be of the same type. Thus the array itself has a type that specifies what kind of elements it can contain. An int array can contain int values, for example, and a String array can contain strings.

The index number is written after the variable name and enclosed in brackets. So if the variable name is x

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