8.5 Using Arrays in Classes
8.5.1 Using Arrays in User-Defined Classes
An array can be used inside a user-defined class just like any other variable. In particular,
an array can be an instance variable.
an array can be a parameter to a method.
a method can return an array.
an array can be a local variable inside a method.
To define a method that takes an array as a parameter, use this syntax:
accessModifier returnType methodName( dataType [ ] arrayName )
The syntax for a method header that returns an array is
accessModifier dataType [ ] methodName( parameterList )
To pass an array as an argument to a method, just use the array name without brackets as the argument value:
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