Java™ How to Program, Seventh Edition

7.4. Examples Using Arrays

This section presents several examples that demonstrate declaring arrays, creating arrays, initializing arrays and manipulating array elements.

Creating and Initializing an Array

The application of Fig. 7.2 uses keyword new to create an array of 10 int elements, which are initially zero (the default for int variables).

Figure 7.2. Initializing the elements of an array to default values of zero.

1 // Fig. 7.2: InitArray.java 2 // Creating an array. 3 4 public class InitArray 5 { 6 public static void main( String args[] ) 7 { 8 int array[]; // declare array named array 9 10 array = new int[ 10 ]; // create the space for array 11 12 System.out.printf( "%s%8s\n", "Index", "Value" ); // column headings 13 14 // output ...