Example of Array for It Students
Arrays
An array is a container object that holds a fixed number of values of a single type. The length of an array is established when the array is created. After creation, its length is fixed. You've seen an example of arrays already, in the main method of the "Hello World!" application. This section discusses arrays in greater detail.
Each item in an array is called an element, and each element is accessed by its numerical index. As shown in the above illustration, numbering begins with 0. The 9th element, for example, would therefore be accessed at index 8.
The following program, ArrayDemo, creates an array of integers, puts some values in it, and prints each value to standard output.
class ArrayDemo { public static void main(String[] args) { // declares an array of integers int[] anArray;
// allocates memory for 10 integers anArray = new int[10]; // initialize first element anArray[0] = 100; // initialize second element anArray[1] = 200; // etc. anArray[2] = 300; anArray[3] = 400; anArray[4] = 500; anArray[5] = 600; anArray[6] = 700; anArray[7] = 800; anArray[8] = 900; anArray[9] = 1000;
System.out.println("Element at index 0: " + anArray[0]); System.out.println("Element at index 1: " + anArray[1]); System.out.println("Element at index 2: " + anArray[2]); System.out.println("Element at index 3: " + anArray[3]); System.out.println("Element at index 4: " + anArray[4]); System.out.println("Element at index 5: " + anArray[5]); System.out.println("Element at index 6: " + anArray[6]); System.out.println("Element at
An array is a container object that holds a fixed number of values of a single type. The length of an array is established when the array is created. After creation, its length is fixed. You've seen an example of arrays already, in the main method of the "Hello World!" application. This section discusses arrays in greater detail.
Each item in an array is called an element, and each element is accessed by its numerical index. As shown in the above illustration, numbering begins with 0. The 9th element, for example, would therefore be accessed at index 8.
The following program, ArrayDemo, creates an array of integers, puts some values in it, and prints each value to standard output.
class ArrayDemo { public static void main(String[] args) { // declares an array of integers int[] anArray;
// allocates memory for 10 integers anArray = new int[10]; // initialize first element anArray[0] = 100; // initialize second element anArray[1] = 200; // etc. anArray[2] = 300; anArray[3] = 400; anArray[4] = 500; anArray[5] = 600; anArray[6] = 700; anArray[7] = 800; anArray[8] = 900; anArray[9] = 1000;
System.out.println("Element at index 0: " + anArray[0]); System.out.println("Element at index 1: " + anArray[1]); System.out.println("Element at index 2: " + anArray[2]); System.out.println("Element at index 3: " + anArray[3]); System.out.println("Element at index 4: " + anArray[4]); System.out.println("Element at index 5: " + anArray[5]); System.out.println("Element at index 6: " + anArray[6]); System.out.println("Element at