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JAVA DAY 5

The document provides an overview of arrays in Java, describing them as objects that store elements of the same data type in contiguous memory locations. It outlines the advantages and disadvantages of using arrays, including fixed size limitations and the ability for random access. Additionally, it details the types of arrays (single-dimensional, multidimensional, and jagged) and includes syntax and examples for declaring, instantiating, and initializing these arrays.

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JAVA DAY 5

The document provides an overview of arrays in Java, describing them as objects that store elements of the same data type in contiguous memory locations. It outlines the advantages and disadvantages of using arrays, including fixed size limitations and the ability for random access. Additionally, it details the types of arrays (single-dimensional, multidimensional, and jagged) and includes syntax and examples for declaring, instantiating, and initializing these arrays.

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JAVA DAY 5

8. Array

● Java array is an object which contains elements of a similar


data type.
● Additionally, the elements of an array are stored in a contiguous
memory location.
● It is a static linear data structure where we store similar
elements.
● We can store only a fixed set of elements in a Java array.
● Arrays in Java are index-based, the first element of the array is
stored at the 0th index, the 2nd element is stored on the 1st
index and so on.
● In Java, an array is an object of a dynamically generated class.
● Java array inherits the Object class and implements the
Serializable as well as Cloneable interfaces.

Advantages
o Code Optimization: It makes the code optimised, we can
retrieve or sort the data efficiently.
o Random access: We can get any data located at an index
position.

Disadvantages
o Size Limit: We can store only the fixed size of elements in the
array. It doesn't grow in size at runtime.

o To solve this problem, a collection framework is used in Java


which grows automatically.

Types of Arrays in java


There are three types of array.
o Single Dimensional Array
o Multidimensional Array

o Jagged Array

Single Dimensional Array in Java

Syntax

dataType[] a;

dataType []a;
dataType a[];

Instantiation

arrayRefVar=new data type[size];


Example:

Declaration, Instantiation, and Initialization of Java Array

We can declare, instantiate, and initialise the java array together by:

int a[]={33,3,4,5};//declaration, instantiation and initialization


Example:
public class basic
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
int c[]= {10,20,30,40,50};//initialization
for(int i=0;i<c.length;i++)
{
System.out.println(c[i]);
}}}

Multidimensional Array in Java

In this array data is stored in row and column-based index (also


known as matrix form).

Syntax

dataType[][] a; (or)

dataType [][]a; (or)


dataType a [][]; (or)
dataType []a [];

Instantiate

int arr[]=new int[3][3];//3 row and 3 column

Example

arr[0][0]=1;

arr[0][1]=2;
arr[0][2]=3;
arr[1][0]=4;
arr[1][1]=5;
arr[1][2]=6;
arr[2][0]=7;
arr[2][1]=8;
arr[2][2]=9;

Example:

class Testarray3
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
//declaring and initialising 2D array

int arr[][]={{1,2,3},{2,4,5},{4,4,5}};

//printing 2D array
for(int i=0;i<3;i++)
{
for(int j=0;j<3;j++)
{
System.out.print(arr[i][j]+" ");
}
System.out.println();
}
}}

Output

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