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Pascal Programming: Complex Array Structures

The document discusses complex data structures in Pascal programming, including parallel arrays, arrays with a single index, and multidimensional arrays. It provides examples of using dual arrays with a single index to solve problems, how data types and structures are related, and how arrays can have other array types as components. Multidimensional arrays are introduced as arrays with more than one index that can be used to reference elements like cells in a spreadsheet.

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Pascal Programming: Complex Array Structures

The document discusses complex data structures in Pascal programming, including parallel arrays, arrays with a single index, and multidimensional arrays. It provides examples of using dual arrays with a single index to solve problems, how data types and structures are related, and how arrays can have other array types as components. Multidimensional arrays are introduced as arrays with more than one index that can be used to reference elements like cells in a spreadsheet.

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Pascal

Programming

Complex Array Structures


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 Complex solutions, using Pascal or any


other language, need to be reduced
from the abstract to more concrete
statements.
 The example in the text of parallel
arrays to award a score and letter grade
illustrates the validity of the observation.
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 The solution to the problem arises from


dual arrays with a single index.
 Thus, data type notation and data
structure become tightly related.
 Data structure– any construct to store
and manipulate data in a program or
algorithm.
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 In this solution, each array type is a


data type.
 The data structure combines the two
arrays.
 With these examples we know that
available structures can include arrays
of arrays and parallel arrays.
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 Complex solutions require complex data


structures.
 An array’s component type can be
comprised of any data type . . .so, it can
be an array type. Thus we have an
array or array types.
 Consider a spreadsheet example . . .
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1A 1B 1C

2A 2B 2C

3A 3B 3C
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 If we substitute Sales for 1-3 and


Territory for A-C, we reference 2C as …
– Sales [2] Territory
 Within the territory we have a monthly
array of sales.
 This illustrates the use of an array of
array type.
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 An array with more than one index is


called a multidimensional array.
 The declaration follows the form use to
declare a simple or one dimensional
array.
 Multidimensional arrays have more than
one index but they have similar other
properties.

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