Java Programming by Pearson

118 • Java Programming

3. Though each element uses the common name of array but each element is treated separately and

stored at separate memory location.

4. One array can be assigned to another array as given in the code below.

int a[]=new int [5];

int []x=a;

a[0]=12;

System.out.println(x[0]);//prints 12

But here, results are assigned in creating a reference for the array. Hence, ‘x’ and ‘a’ represent

the same array.

5. The most important point to note about arrays in Java is that they are allocated memory dynamically

using new operator. One cannot create an array statically as int arr[5];

6. Java checks the boundary ...