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Array in Java

An array is a data structure that stores a fixed number of elements of the same type. Arrays allow random access to elements via indices and can improve code performance over other data structures. However, arrays are limited in size and don't dynamically grow at runtime like collections. There are two main types of arrays in Java: single dimensional arrays that store elements in a single list; and multidimensional arrays that store elements in a row and column matrix structure.

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Array in Java

An array is a data structure that stores a fixed number of elements of the same type. Arrays allow random access to elements via indices and can improve code performance over other data structures. However, arrays are limited in size and don't dynamically grow at runtime like collections. There are two main types of arrays in Java: single dimensional arrays that store elements in a single list; and multidimensional arrays that store elements in a row and column matrix structure.

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Array

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Array
Array is an object which contains
elements of a similar data type. It is a data
structure where we store similar elements. First Index Element (at Index 8)
We can store only a fixed set of elements Indices
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
in a Java array. 3

Array in java is index-based, the first Array Length is 10


element of the array is stored at the 0
index.

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Advantages
Code Optimization: It makes the code
optimized, we can retrieve or sort the
data efficiently.
Random access: We can get any data
located at an index position.
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Disadvantages
Size Limit: We can store only the fixed
size of elements in the array. It doesn't
grow its size at runtime. To solve this
problem, collection framework is used in
Java which grows automatically.

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Types of Array

Single Multidimensional
Dimensional Array
Array

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Single Dimensional Array
Syntax of Declaration of an Array
dataType[] arr; (or)
dataType []arr; (or) 3
dataType arr[];

Syntax of Instantiation of an Array


arrayRefVar=new datatype[size];

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Multidimensional Array
data is stored in row and column based
index (also known as matrix form).

Syntax to Declare
dataType[ ][ ] arrayRefVar; (or)
4 dataType [ ][ ]arrayRefVar; (or)
dataType arrayRefVar[ ][ ]; (or)
dataType [ ]arrayRefVar[ ];

Example to instantiate
int[ ][ ] arr=new int[3][3];//3 row and 3
column

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