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Data Types, Variables and Arrays

This document introduces Java data types, variables, and arrays. It discusses that Java is a strongly typed language and defines 8 primitive types: integers, floating-point numbers, characters, and Booleans. Literals are constant values that can be assigned to variables. Variables must be declared with a type before use. Arrays group like-typed variables under a common name and can be one or multi-dimensional, with elements accessed by index.

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Data Types, Variables and Arrays

This document introduces Java data types, variables, and arrays. It discusses that Java is a strongly typed language and defines 8 primitive types: integers, floating-point numbers, characters, and Booleans. Literals are constant values that can be assigned to variables. Variables must be declared with a type before use. Arrays group like-typed variables under a common name and can be one or multi-dimensional, with elements accessed by index.

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Data Types, Variables and

Arrays
Introduction

 Java Is a Strongly Typed Language.


 Indeed, part of Java’s safety and robustness comes from this fact.
 There are no automatic coercions or conversions of conflicting types as in some
languages.
 The Java compiler checks all expressions and parameters to ensure that the types
are compatible
 Any type mismatches are errors that must be corrected before the compiler will
finish compiling the class.
The Primitive Types
 Java defines eight primitive types of data: byte, short, int, long, char, float, double, and
Boolean .
 These can be put in four groups:
1. Integers : This group includes byte, short, int, and long, which are for whole-valued signed
numbers.
2. Floating-point numbers: This group includes float and double, which represent numbers with
fractional precision.
3. Characters: This group includes char, which represents symbols in a character set, like letters
and numbers.
4. Boolean: This group includes boolean, which is a special type for representing true/false
values.
Literals

 Any constant value which can be assigned to the variable is called literal.
 Types: Integer Literals, Floating-Point Literals, Character Literals, String Literals
Escape Sequence
 A character preceded by a backslash (\) is an escape sequence and has a special
meaning to the compiler.
Variables

 A variable is defined by the combination of an identifier, a type, and an optional


initializer.
 Java is a strongly typed language, so every variable must be declared and
initialized before it is used
 Declaring a Variable In Java, all variables must be declared before they can be
used.
type identifier [= value][, identifier [= value] …];
Arrays

 An array is a group of like-typed variables that are referred to by a common


name.
 Arrays of any type can be created and may have one or more dimensions.
 A specific element in an array is accessed by its index.
 Arrays offer a convenient means of grouping related information.
type var-name[ ];
var-name=new type[size];
Multidimensional Array

 multidimensional arrays are actually arrays of arrays.


 To declare a multidimensional array variable, specify each additional index using
another set of square brackets.
 For example, the following declares a two-dimensional array variable called
twoD:
int twoD[][] = new int [4][5];
 This allocates a 4 by 5 array and assigns it to twoD.
 Internally, this matrix is implemented as an array of arrays of int.

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