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Array Review

The document reviews arrays, including how to declare and initialize arrays, process array values to find sums, minimums, maximums and averages, and how to write methods that return arrays or accept arrays as parameters. Arrays can store primitive types like integers and doubles as well as objects, and values are accessed via an index with the first element at index 0.

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Array Review

The document reviews arrays, including how to declare and initialize arrays, process array values to find sums, minimums, maximums and averages, and how to write methods that return arrays or accept arrays as parameters. Arrays can store primitive types like integers and doubles as well as objects, and values are accessed via an index with the first element at index 0.

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UNIT 1: REVIEW

Array Review
Learning Goals
 We will learn:
 To declare and create arrays
 To process arrays to find: sum, min/max, average of
values in the list
 To write methods that return an array
 Write methods that accept an array in the
parameter list
What is an Array?
 An array is:
 An (reference) object used to store a list of values
 A contiguous block of memory is used to store the
values
 Each cell holds a value

 All the values are the same type


What can an array store?
 An array can store any one type of data:
 int
 double
 char
 boolean
 String
 Objects
 Etc.

 The type of data stored can be primitive or reference


An Array Example
 Looking at the array on the right:
 The name of the array is bowlingScores
 The type of data stored in the array is int bowlingScores
 Each cell can be accessed by its index number 0 80
 Ex: bowlingScores[3] holds the value 138
1 120
 If there are n cells, the indexes will be 0 through n-1
 Ex. 8 cells gives indexes 0 through 7 2 103
3 138
4 94
What value is in bowlingScores[6]? 83
5 109
What value is in bowlingScores[0]? 80 6 83
What value is in bowlingScores[8]? AOB Error
7 117
Declaring an Array
 General syntax for declaring an array:
type[] arrayName = new type[length]; bowlingScores
0 80
final int MAX = 8;
int[] bowlingScores = new int[MAX]; 1 120
bowlingScores[0] = 80; //initializing
bowlingScores[1] = 120; //initializing 2 103
… 3 138
 Once an array has been created, the number of cells 4 94
cannot be changed
5 109
6 83
7 117
Initializing an Array With a list of
values
 In order to declare and initialize variables at the
same time, you can use this option:
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
int[] luckyNumbers = {2, 3, 10, 4, 17, 21}; // known values

 Array length is not needed when initializer list is used


 The compiler will count the value in the list and make that
many cells
 Initializer lists are usually used for small arrays
Summing Values in an Array

int sum; // declare an accumulator


sum = 0; // initialize accumulator
for (int i=0; i < MAX; i++) {
sum = sum + list[i]; // sum += list[i];
}
System.out.println(“The sum of all values in the array is” +
sum);
Summing Values in an Array

int sum; // declare an accumulator


sum = 0; // initialize accumulator
for (int i=0; i < MAX; i++) {
sum = sum + list[i]; // sum += list[i];
}
System.out.println(“The sum of all values in the array is”
+ sum);

Note: You can trace your program and track the values by using a memory map ( a
table where the variables are listed in the order they were declared and the values
stored are recorded)
Method that accepts an array as a
Parameter

public int findSum(int[] list) {


int sum; // declare an accumulator
sum = 0; // initialize accumulator
for (int i=0; i < MAX; i++) {
sum = sum + list[i];
}
return sum;
}
Method that Returns an Array

public int[] getNewList() {


int[] list = new int[10];
for (int i=0; i<10; i++) {
list[i] = i;
}

return list;
}

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