Sams Teach Yourself Java™ in 24 Hours, Sixth Edition

Creating Arrays

Arrays are variables grouped together under a common name. The term array should be familiar to you—think of a salesperson showing off her array of products or a game show with a dazzling array of prizes. Like variables, arrays are created by stating the type of variable being organized into the array and the name of the array. A pair of square brackets ([]) follow the type to distinguish arrays from variables.

You can create arrays for any type of information that can be stored as a variable. For example, the following statement creates an array of string variables:

String[] naughtyChild;

Here are two more examples:

int[] reindeerWeight;boolean[] hostileAirTravelNations;

The previous examples create arrays, but they do not store ...