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Array creation |
Declare and initialize one dimensional array variables with array initializers, e.g. int[] nums = {1, 2, 3};
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Declare and initialize one-dimensional array variables with new, e.g. int[] nums = new int[10];
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Declare and initialize rectangular 2d arrays with both array initializers and new.
Declare and initialize non-rectangular 2d arrays.
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Array element access |
Access the first element of an array:
a[0] .Access the last element of an array:
a[a.length - 1] |
Access arbitrary elements of an array:
a[i] Access arbitrary elements of a 2d array:
a[row][col] . |
Access array elements using computed values for the index.
Access arbitrary elements relative to the end of an array using
a.length , e.g. a[a.length - 3] .Use array access expressions as sub expressions in larger expressions, e.g.:
a[i] < a[i + 1] Explain what an
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException means. |
Array element assignments |
Assign a value to the first element of an array:
a[0] = value Assign a value to the last element of an array:
a[a.length - 1] = value |
Assign values to arbitrary array elements:
a[i] = value Assign values to arbitrary elements of a 2d array:
a[row][col] = value |
Modify array elements using computed values for the index.
Modify arbitrary elements relative to the end of an array using
a.length , e.g. a[a.length - 3] .Modify array elements with compound assignment operators, e.g.
a[i] += 10 Write code to swap to elements in an array.
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Arrays as values |
Explain why arrays have to be a reference type.
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Explain why modificatios to an array referred to by one variable can be visible if you reference the same array via another variable.
Explain what
a = b does if a and b are both variables holding an array value. |
Explain roughly how arrays are stored in memory and the relationship between a reference to an array and the actual memory holding the array.
Explain what is stored in an array of reference type, e.g.
String[] .Explain how 2D arrays are stored in memory.
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