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Learn Java - Two-Dimensional Arrays Cheatsheet - Codecademy

This document discusses two-dimensional arrays in Java, including declaring and initializing 2D arrays, accessing and modifying elements, and different ways of traversing 2D arrays such as row-major order and column-major order.

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Learn Java - Two-Dimensional Arrays Cheatsheet - Codecademy

This document discusses two-dimensional arrays in Java, including declaring and initializing 2D arrays, accessing and modifying elements, and different ways of traversing 2D arrays such as row-major order and column-major order.

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Two-Dimensional Arrays

Nested Iteration Statements


In Java, nested iteration statements are iteration statements that appear in the body of for(int outer = 0; outer < 3; outer++){
another iteration statement. When a loop is nested inside another loop, the inner loop
System.out.println("The outer index is: " + outer);
must complete all its iterations before the outer loop can continue.
for(int inner = 0; inner < 4; inner++){
System.out.println("\tThe inner index is: " + inner);
}
}

Declaring 2D Arrays
In Java, 2D arrays are stored as arrays of arrays. Therefore, the way 2D arrays are int[][] twoDIntArray;
declared is similar 1D array objects. 2D arrays are declared by defining a data type
String[][] twoDStringArray;
followed by two sets of square brackets.
double[][] twoDDoubleArray;

Accessing 2D Array Elements


In Java, when accessing the element from a 2D array using arr[first][second] , the //Given a 2d array called `arr` which stores `int` values
first index can be thought of as the desired row, and the second index is used for
int[][] arr = {{1,2,3},
the desired column. Just like 1D arrays, 2D arrays are indexed starting at 0 .
{4,5,6}};

//We can get the value `4` by using


int retrieved = arr[1][0];

Initializer Lists
In Java, initializer lists can be used to quickly give initial values to 2D arrays. This can be // Method one: declaring and intitializing at the same time
done in two different ways.
double[][] doubleValues = {{1.5, 2.6, 3.7}, {7.5, 6.4, 5.3},
1. If the array has not been declared yet, a new array can be declared and
initialized in the same step using curly brackets. {9.8, 8.7, 7.6}, {3.6, 5.7, 7.8}};
2. If the array has already been declared, the new keyword along with the data
type must be used in order to use an initializer list
// Method two: declaring and initializing separately:
String[][] stringValues;
stringValues = new String[][] {{"working", "with"}, {"2D",
"arrays"}, {"is", "fun"}};

Modify 2D Array Elements


In Java, elements in a 2D array can be modified in a similar fashion to modifying double[][] doubleValues = {{1.5, 2.6, 3.7}, {7.5, 6.4, 5.3},
elements in a 1D array. Setting arr[i][j] equal to a new value will modify the element
{9.8, 8.7, 7.6}, {3.6, 5.7, 7.8}};
in row i column j of the array arr .

doubleValues[2][2] = 100.5;
// This will change the value 7.6 to 100.5

Row-Major Order
“Row-major order” refers to an ordering of 2D array elements where traversal occurs for(int i = 0; i < matrix.length; i++) {
across each row - from the top left corner to the bottom right. In Java, row major
for(int j = 0; j < matrix[i].length; j++) {
ordering can be implemented by having nested loops where the outer loop variable
iterates through the rows and the inner loop variable iterates through the columns. System.out.println(matrix[i][j]);
Note that inside these loops, when accessing elements, the variable used in the outer }
loop will be used as the first index, and the inner loop variable will be used as the
}
second index.

Column-Major Order
“Column-major order” refers to an ordering of 2D array elements where traversal for(int i = 0; i < matrix[0].length; i++) {
occurs down each column - from the top left corner to the bottom right. In Java,
for(int j = 0; j < matrix.length; j++) {
column major ordering can be implemented by having nested loops where the outer
loop variable iterates through the columns and the inner loop variable iterates through System.out.println(matrix[j][i]);
the rows. Note that inside these loops, when accessing elements, the variable used in }
the outer loop will be used as the second index, and the inner loop variable will be
}
used as the first index.

Traversing With Enhanced For Loops


In Java, enhanced for loops can be used to traverse 2D arrays. Because enhanced for for(String[] rowOfStrings : twoDStringArray) {
loops have no index variable, they are better used in situations where you only care
for(String s : rowOfStrings) {
about the values of the 2D array - not the location of those values
System.out.println(s);
}
}

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