SUBJECT PRESENTATION – ARRAY in C
• INTRODUCTION TO ARRAY
• NEED FOR ARRAY TYPE
• HOW TO UPDATE AN ARRAY
• ACCESS ARRAY ELEMENT IN C
• TYPES OF ARRAYS
INTRODUCTION TO ARRAY
• Array is a collection of elements of the same type that are
referenced by a common name.
• Arrays are of Derived data type, which are derived from
the primitive data type, basically consist of int / float.
• All the elements of an array occupy a set of contiguous
memory locations.
• To create an array: define the data type int and specify
the name of the array followed by square brackets [].
• SYNTAX: data_type array_name[size];
NEED FOR ARRAY TYPE
• Consider the following issue:
• "We have a list of 1000 students marks of an integer
type. If using the basic data type (int), we will declare
something like the following which will be a lengthy
decleration.
int studMark0, studMark1, ..........studMark999
• By using an array, we just declare like this
int studMark[1000];
• This will reserve 1000 contiguous memory locations for
storing the students marks.
Graphically, this can be depicted as in the figure.
HOW TO UPDATE AN ARRAY
• We can update the value of array elements at the given
index i in a similar way to accessing an element by using
the array square brackets [] and assignment operator (=).
• SYNTAX:array_name[i] = new_value;
• The following is an example of Array updation
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
int arr[5] = {2, 4, 8, 12, 16};
// Update the first value of the array
arr[0] = 1;
printf("%d", arr[0]);
return 0;
}
OUTPUT: 1
ACCESS ARRAY ELEMENT IN C
• To access an array element, refer to its index number.
• Array indexes start with 0: [0] is the first element. [1] is the
second element, etc.
• This statement accesses the value of the first element [0]
in myNumbers:
• Example
int arr[] = {2, 4, 8, 12,16};
printf("%d", arr[0]);
Output: 2
C ARRAY TRAVERSAL
• Array Traversal is the process in which we visit every
element of the array in a specific order. For C array
traversal, we use loops to iterate through each element of
the array.
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
int arr[5] = {2, 4, 8, 12, 16};
printf("Printing Array Elements\n"); // Print each element of array using loop
for(int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
{
printf("%d ", arr[i]);
}
printf("\n");
printf("Printing Array Elements in Reverse\n"); // Printing array element in reverse
for(int i = 4; i>=0; i--)
{
printf("%d ", arr[i]);
}
return 0;
}
OUTPUT
Printing Array Elements
2 4 8 12 16
Printing Array Elements in Reverse
16 12 8 4 2
TYPES OF ARRAY
1. One-dimensional (1-D) array:
Syntax for Declaration of Single Dimensional Array
arraydata_type array_name[array_size];
where,
data_type: is a type of data of each array block.
array_name: is the name of the array using which we can refer to it.
array_size: is the number of blocks of memory array going to have.
For Example
int nums[5];
2. Two-dimensional (2D) array:
Syntax for Declaration of Two Dimensional Array
data_type array_name[sizeof_1st_dimension][sizeof_2nd_dimension];
where,
data_type: is a type of data of each array block.
array_name: is the name of the array using which
we can refer to it.
sizeof_dimension: is the number of blocks of
memory array going to have in the corresponding
dimension.
For Example
int nums[5][10];
3. Three-dimensional (3D) array:
Syntax for Declaration of Three Dimensional Array
data_type array_name[sizeof_1st_dimension][sizeof_2nd_dimension][sizeof_3rd_dimension];
where,
data_type: is a type of data of each array block.
array_name: is the name of the array using which
we can refer to it.
sizeof_dimension: is the number of blocks of
memory array going to have in the corresponding
dimension.
For Example
int nums[5][10][2];
GOALS
If I’am given a opportunity to serve at our University
• Looking for a long term employability with SRM University.
• Will join as Part time Research Scholar at our University.
• Will convert my ideas in to Patent.
• Will publish research articles in scopus / SCI journals.
• Guiding student to explore their capabilities and
implement in projects is my interest.
• The Research and functional contribution of the
department will be my utmost priority.
