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Burger Cse205 Note Arrays 01

This document discusses arrays in Java, including: - Declaring arrays with syntax like int[] name = new int[length] - Initializing array elements at declaration like int[] a = {1, 2, 3} - Accessing array elements with subscript operators like a[0] - Using for loops and the enhanced for loop to iterate through arrays

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Burger Cse205 Note Arrays 01

This document discusses arrays in Java, including: - Declaring arrays with syntax like int[] name = new int[length] - Initializing array elements at declaration like int[] a = {1, 2, 3} - Accessing array elements with subscript operators like a[0] - Using for loops and the enhanced for loop to iterate through arrays

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CSE205 Object Oriented Programming and Data Structures Page 1

1. One and Two Dimensional Arrays :: Declaring Arrays


The syntax for an array declaration is:

T[] name = new T[length]

where T is the data type of each element of the array, name is the name of the array variable being
declared, and length is the number of elements in the array. length may be an integer literal, an
integer constant, an integer variable, or an expression that evaluates to an integer. Examples,
static final int L = 100;
int x = 10;
// a is an array of 5 ints (5 is an integer literal).
int[] a = new int[5];
// b is an array of 10 doubles (x is an integer variable).
double[] b = new double[x];
// c is an array of 100 String objects (L is an integer constant).
String[] c = new String[L];
// d is an array of 19 booleans (2 * x - 1 is an arithmetic expression that
// evaluates to an integer.
boolean[] d = new boolean[2 * x - 1];
CSE205 Object Oriented Programming and Data Structures Page 2

1. One and Two Dimensional Arrays :: Initializing the Elements of an Array


The elements of the array may be initialized at the time the array is declared:

int[] a = { 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 };

Note that we do not use the new operator when declaring and initializing an array at the same time.
CSE205 Object Oriented Programming and Data Structures Page 3

1. One and Two Dimensional Arrays :: Accessing Array Elements


Remember that the elements of an array are accessed using the array subscript operator [ ] with
an integer subscript or index inside the brackets. The indices (or subscripts) are numbered starting
at 0 and arrayname.length evaluates to the number of elements in arrayname.
static final int Z = 4;
int x = 2;
int a[] = { 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 };
// Change a[0] to 30; a is now { 30, 20, 30, 40, 50 }.
a[0] = (a[0] + a.length - 1) / 2;
// Change a[2] to 29; a is now { 30, 20, 29, 40, 50 }.
--a[x];
// Change a[3] to a[2]; a is now { 30, 20, 29, 29, 50 }.
a[Z-1] = a[Z - x];
CSE205 Object Oriented Programming and Data Structures Page 4

1. One and Two Dimensional Arrays :: The Enhanced For Loop


To iterate through the elements of an array we can write a for loop:
for (int i = 0; i < a.length; ++i) {
System.out.println(a[i]);
}

Because this is such a common operation we can also do this using the enhanced for loop. The
syntax is:
for (T value : arrayname) {
statements
}
where T is the data type of the elements of the array arrayname. During the first pass of the loop
value will be arrayname[0], on the second pass it will be arrayname[1], on the third pass it will be
arrayname[2], and so on until the final pass when value will be arrayname[arrayname.length].

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