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Arrays and Collection Classes Arrays

This document discusses arrays and their use for efficiently storing multiple entities in a game. Arrays allow storing many objects of the same type. Each location in an array is called an element, and its number is called an index. Individual elements are accessed using the array name and index. Arrays can have any number of dimensions.

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Arrays and Collection Classes Arrays

This document discusses arrays and their use for efficiently storing multiple entities in a game. Arrays allow storing many objects of the same type. Each location in an array is called an element, and its number is called an index. Individual elements are accessed using the array name and index. Arrays can have any number of dimensions.

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Module 9

Arrays and Collection Classes



Lecture
Arrays

Module 9 Learning Objectives


In this module, were going to look at how we can
efficiently store and use multiple entities in our
game

In-Lecture Quiz

Arrays are

A: colorful
B: weird
C: green
D: objects


What can we store in
arrays?
Anything! But
A particular array can
only store a single
data type
So we can have an
array of i nt s and
another array of
TeddyBear s, but we
cant mix them in a
single array

In-Lecture Quiz

A single array can store many objects of

A: different types
B: the same type
C: glass
D: any weapon type
In-Lecture Quiz

The value stored at each location in the array is called

A: Fred
B: an element
C: an index
D: never, its texted instead
In-Lecture Quiz

The number of each location in the array is called

A: Tommy
B: an element
C: an index
D: okay, its not texted either
In-Lecture Quiz

We access individual elements of an array using

A: the array name and an index
B: the array name and a pinky
C: the array name and a pixie
D: Im a pixie; my name is Pinky
In-Lecture Quiz

Arrays can have the following number of dimensions:

A: 0
B: 1
C: 42
D: as many as you want

Recap
We discussed how we can use arrays to store
multiple values
All the elements in a particular array need to be the
same data type
Next Time
Well look at another, more robust, way to store
multiple values

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