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Lec - 04 - Arrays

This document covers topics about arrays in object oriented programming, including single and multi-dimensional arrays. It defines an array as a group of like-typed variables referred to by a common name, with individual variables accessed by their index. There are two types of arrays: single dimensional arrays and multi-dimensional arrays. The document discusses array declaration, creation, initialization, indexing, passing arrays to methods, and pros and cons of using arrays.

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Lec - 04 - Arrays

This document covers topics about arrays in object oriented programming, including single and multi-dimensional arrays. It defines an array as a group of like-typed variables referred to by a common name, with individual variables accessed by their index. There are two types of arrays: single dimensional arrays and multi-dimensional arrays. The document discusses array declaration, creation, initialization, indexing, passing arrays to methods, and pros and cons of using arrays.

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Object Oriented

Programming
Topics To Be Covered Today
 Array
◦ Single & Multi-dimensional
Arrays
 An array is a group of liked-typed variables
referred to by a common name, with individual
variables accessed by their index.
 Normally, array is a collection of similar type of

elements that have contiguous memory location.

 First element of the array is stored at 0 index.


Types of Arrays
 There are two types of array.
◦ Single Dimensional Array
◦ Multidimensional Array

 Arrays are:
1) Declared
2) Created (instantiated)
3) Initialized
4) Used
Array Declaration
 Array declaration involves:
1) declaring an array identifier
2) declaring the number of dimensions
3) declaring the data type of the array elements
 Three styles of array declaration:
type array-variable[ ];
e.g. int abc[ ];
or
type [ ]array-variable; Datatype => int
Identifier => abc
or Dimention=> single
type[ ] array-variable;
Array Creation
 After declaration, no array actually exists.
 In order to create an array, we use the new

operator:
type array-variable[ ];
array-variable = new type[size];
 This creates a new array to hold size elements of

type type, whose reference will be kept in the


variable array-variable.
Array Creation
Array Indexing
 Later we can refer to the elements of this array
through their indexes:
array-variable[index]
 The array index always starts with zero!
 The Java run-time system makes sure that all

array indexes are in the correct range, otherwise


raises a run-time error.
Example: Array Use
Array Initialization
 Arrays can be initialized when they are declared:
int monthDays[ ] =
{31,28,31,30,31,30,31,31,30,31,30,31};

Comments:
1) there is no need to use the new operator
2) the array is created large enough to hold all specified
elements
Example: Array Initialization
Passing Array to method in java
Multi-dimensional Array
 Multidimensional arrays are arrays of arrays:
1) declaration
int array[ ][ ];
2) creation
int array[ ][ ] = new int[2][3];
3) initialization
int array[ ][ ] = { {1, 2, 3}, {4, 5, 6} };
Example: Multi-dimensional Array
class name of java array?
 In java, array is an object.
 For array object, a proxy class is created whose

name can be obtained by getClass().getName()


method on the object.
Example
Copying a java array
 An array can be copied to another by the
arraycopy() method of System class

 Syntax of arraycopy method

arraycopy(Object src, int srcPos,Object dest, int destPos, 
int length)
Example

You can use for loop to print dest array:

for(int i=0;i<copyTo.length;i++)
System.out.println(copyTo[i]);
Pros and Cons of Arrays
Advantages Disadvantages
 Code Optimization  Size Limit 

◦ It makes the code ◦ We can store only fixed


optimized, we can size of elements in the
array. It doesn't grow its
retrieve or sort the
size at runtime.
data easily.
 Random access 
◦ We can get any data
located at any index
position.
Class Participation
Questions?

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