elements that have contiguous memory location. • Java array is an object the contains elements of similar data type. It is a data structure where we store similar elements. We can store only fixed set of elements in a java array. • Array in java is index based, first element of the array is stored at 0 index. -Advantage of Java Array • Code Optimization: It makes the code optimized, we can retrieve or sort the data easily. • Random access: We can get any data located at any index position. Disadvantage of Java Array
• Size Limit: We can store only fixed size of
elements in the array. It doesn't grow its size at runtime. To solve this problem, collection framework is used in java. Types of Array in java
• There are two types of array.
-Single Dimensional Array -Multidimensional Array Single Dimensional Array in java
• Syntax to Declare an Array in java
dataType[] arr; (or) // Ex: int[] sno; dataType []arr; (or) // Ex: int []sno; dataType arr[]; // Ex: int sno[]; • Syntax to Create Array in java Array-Name=new dataType[size]; Ex: sno = new int[size]; • Syntax: dataType Array-Name[] = new dataType[size]; Ex: int sno[]=new int[5]; Declaration, Instantiation and Initialization of Java Array We can declare, instantiate and initialize the java array together by:
int a[]={33,3,4,5};//declaration, instantiation and initialization
Let's see the simple example to print this array. class Testarray1 { public static void main(String args[]) { int a[]={33,3,4,5};//declaration, instantiation and initialization //printing array for(int i=0;i<a.length;i++)//length is the property of array System.out.println(a[i]); } } Multidimensional array in java -Array contain one index that is 1D Array -Array contain two indexes that is 2D Array -Array contain three indexes that is 3D Array . . -Array contain n indexes that is N-D Array • Syntax to Declare 2D Array in java dataType[][] arrayName; //Ex: int[][] subject; dataType [][]arrayNaem; //Ex: int [][]subject; dataType arrayRefVar[][]; //Ex: int subject[][]; dataType []arrayName[]; //Ex: int[] subject [];
int[][] arr=new int[m][n];//m row and n column
int arr[]={10,20,30,40,50}; int arr[][]={{1,2,3},{2,4,5},{4,4,5}};