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Multidimensional Arrays

The document discusses multidimensional arrays, which are arrays of arrays that store data in tabular form. It describes how to declare and initialize two-dimensional and three-dimensional arrays, and how to access elements within these arrays using multiple indices. Examples are given to print out all elements of two-dimensional and three-dimensional arrays, using nested for loops to iterate through each dimension separately.

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Multidimensional Arrays

The document discusses multidimensional arrays, which are arrays of arrays that store data in tabular form. It describes how to declare and initialize two-dimensional and three-dimensional arrays, and how to access elements within these arrays using multiple indices. Examples are given to print out all elements of two-dimensional and three-dimensional arrays, using nested for loops to iterate through each dimension separately.

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Multidimensional

Arrays
Multidimensional arrays means array of arrays. Data in multidimensional

arrays are stored in tabular form (in row major order).

Declaration

data_type array_name[size1][size2]....[sizeN];

data_type: Type of data to be stored in the array.

Size of multidimensional arrays Total number of elements that can be


stored in a multidimensional array can be calculated by multiplying the

size of all the dimensions.

Two – dimensional Array

an array of one – dimensional array

Declaration data_type array_name[x][y];

A two – dimensional array can be seen as a table with ‘x’ rows and

‘y’ columns where the row number ranges from 0 to (x-1) and
column number ranges from 0 to (y-1).

Initializing Two – Dimensional Arrays

There are two ways:-

int x[3][4] = {0, 1 ,2 ,3 ,4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 ,

11};

The elements will be filled in the array in the order, first 4 elements

from the left in first row, next 4 elements in second row and so on.

int x[3][4] = {{0,1,2,3}, {4,5,6,7}, {8,9,10,11}};

This type of initialization make use of nested braces. Each set of

inner braces represents one row. This is the better method.

Accessing Elements of Two-Dimensional Arrays: Elements in Two-


Dimensional arrays are accessed using the row indexes and column

indexes.

int x[2][1]; //element present in third row and second column

Example Program: Print all the elements of


a Two-Dimensional array.
#include<iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{

// an array with 3 rows and 2 columns.

int x[3][2] = {{1,2}, {3,4}, {5,6}};

// output each array element's value

for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++)

for (int j = 0; j < 2; j++)

cout << x[i][j]<<" ";

cout<<"\n";

return 0;

OUTPUT

1 2

3 4

5 6

Three-Dimensional Array

First Method int x[2][3][4] = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,


9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22,

23};

Better Method int x[2][3][4] = { { {0,1,2,3}, {4,5,6,7},

{8,9,10,11} }, { {12,13,14,15}, {16,17,18,19},

{20,21,22,23} } };

Accessing elements in Three-Dimensional Arrays: The difference is we


have to use three loops instead of two loops for one additional dimension in

Three-dimensional Arrays.

Example Program: Print all the elements


of a Three-Dimensional array.
#include<iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()

// initializing the 3-dimensional array

int x[2][3][2] =

{ {0,1}, {2,3}, {4,5} },

{ {6,7}, {8,9}, {10,11} }

};

// output each element's value


for (int i = 0; i < 2; ++i)
{

for (int j = 0; j < 3; ++j)

for (int k = 0; k < 2; ++k)

cout << "Element at x[" << i << "][" << j

<< "][" << k << "] = " << x[i][j][k]

<< endl;

return 0;

OUTPUT

Element at x[0][0][0] = 0

Element at x[0][0][1] = 1

Element at x[0][1][0] = 2

Element at x[0][1][1] = 3

Element at x[0][2][0] = 4

Element at x[0][2][1] = 5

Element at x[1][0][0] = 6

Element at x[1][0][1] = 7

Element at x[1][1][0] = 8

Element at x[1][1][1] = 9
Element at x[1][2][0] = 10

Element at x[1][2][1] = 11

We can create arrays with any number of dimension. However the

complexity also increases as the number of dimension increases.

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