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2darrays Quick 2022

The document discusses the structure and manipulation of 2D arrays in programming, specifically using Delphi. It provides examples of how to read arrays both left to right and top to bottom, along with rules for writing 2D array structures. Additionally, it includes an exam question with provided code that demonstrates how to output names and their corresponding recycled items from two arrays.

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2darrays Quick 2022

The document discusses the structure and manipulation of 2D arrays in programming, specifically using Delphi. It provides examples of how to read arrays both left to right and top to bottom, along with rules for writing 2D array structures. Additionally, it includes an exam question with provided code that demonstrates how to output names and their corresponding recycled items from two arrays.

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2D Arrays

Consider this array :

1 2 3 4 5 6
4 4 7 8 7 5
9 8 7 4 6 2
3 2 4 8 0 4

This array has:


• 4 rows and 6 columns

Declaration

var
arr: array[1..4, 1..6] of Integer = ((1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6),
(4, 4, 7, 8, 7, 5),
(9, 8, 7, 4, 6, 2),
(3, 2, 4, 8, 0, 4));

Read the array left to right


procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var row, col : integer;
begin
for row := 1 to 4 do
begin
for col := 1 to 6 do
begin
redOutput.Lines.Add(inttostr(arr[row,col]));
end;

end;

end;

Output: 1,2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 4, 4
Read the array top to bottom

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);


var row, col : integer;
begin
for col := 1 to 6 do
begin
for row := 1 to 4 do
begin
redOutput.Lines.Add(inttostr(arr[row,col]));
end;

end;

end;

Output: 1, 4, 9, 3, 2, 4, 8, 2, 3

Rules
First lets look at the basic structure of the 2D array again.
Left to right
var
row, col: integer;
begin
for row:=1 to 10 do
begin

for col:=1 to 15 do
begin

end;
end;
end;
1. All code is below a BEGIN STATEMENT ie: nothing must be above any BEGIN STATEMENT
when writing a 2d array basic structure.
var
row, col: integer;
begin
for row:=1 to 10 do
// nothing ever here
begin

for col:=1 to 15 do
// nonthing ever here
begin

end;
end;
end;

2. Where to put stuff


- a. Initialize or reset any variables or states for the new row here.
- b. Here you can access the element at (row, col) of the 2D array.
// For example: array2D[row][col] or however your 2D array is structured in Delphi.
- c. Here you might want to perform any final operations for the current row, like printing a
newline or doing some row-specific computation.

var
row, col: integer;
begin
for row:=1 to 10 do
// a. what happens at the start of every row
begin

for col:=1 to 15 do
begin
// b. accessing every element of the 2D array
end; // COLS END

// c. what happens at the end of every row


end; // ROWS END
end;
Exam Question
Given these two arrays:
arrNames: array [1 .. 10] of String = (
'Ruth',
'Nicole',
'Loyiso',
'Chris',
'William',
'Thabo',
'Vusi',
'Peter',
'Jenny',
'Tommy'
);

arrVending: array [1 .. 10, 1 .. 15] of String = (('C', '', '', '', '', '',
'', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', ''), ('B', 'B', 'B', 'C', 'C', 'C',
'B', 'B', 'B', 'C', 'C', 'C', 'C', 'C', ''),
('', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', ''),
('C', 'C', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', ''),
('B', 'B', 'C', 'C', 'B', 'B', 'C', 'C', 'C', 'C', 'B', 'C', 'C', 'B',
''), ('C', 'C', 'B', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', ''),
('C', 'B', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', ''),
('B', 'B', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', ''),
('C', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', ''),
('B', 'C', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', ''));

Produce the output:


----------------------------
Names Items recycled
----------------------------
Ruth C
Nicole BBBCCCBBBCCCCC
Loyiso
Chris CC
William BBCCBBCCCCBCCB
Thabo CCB
Vusi CB
Peter BB
Jenny C
Tommy BC
Answer
procedure TfrmQuestion4.btnQ4_1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
col, row, i: integer;
sName, sString: string;
begin
// Provided code
redQ4.Clear;
redQ4.Lines.Add('----------------------------');
redQ4.Lines.Add('Names' + #9 + 'Items recycled');
redQ4.Lines.Add('----------------------------');

for row := 1 to 10 do
begin
sName := arrNames[row];
sString := '';
for col := 1 to 15 do
begin
sString := sString + arrVending[row,col];
end;
redQ4.Lines.Add(sName + #9 + sString);
end;

end;

Review Questions

The lines:
• sName:= arrNames[row];
• sString := ‘’;

are specifically above the for loop for the column. Can you explain why ?

Secondly, the line:


• redQ4.Lines.Add(sName + #9 + sString)

is after the for loop for the column. Is there a reason for this ?

Thirdly, why are the two for loops arranged in the order of for row:= 1 .. and then for col:= 1 and not
the other way around ?

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