An array is a "list" or groups of values, and can be in any type of value. [0] is the first index.
There are int[], String[], boolean[] arrays and many more.
You can declare a array in two ways:
int[] testArray;
or
int testArray[] = new int[5];
The second way will create an array with 5 empty values. You must declare an amount of values. the array cannot change size after it has been created.
testArray.length; // the length of the array
You can change a value using testArrat[n] where n is the index of the value you wish to change;
testArray[2] will return 6, for example.
testArray[2] = 4; it will now return 4.
You can't just print an array. However, you can iterate through an array like this:
for (int i: testArray) {
System.out.println(i); // this will print every value inside of testArray on a new line.
}
To compare values, you would still abide by the normal procedures. If you have a String[] array, you'd use .equals, and == for mostly anything else.
These are some more topics that should have been learned:
- To use arrays to store data in and retrieve data from lists and tables of values.
- Pass arrays to methods.
good explanation
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