Intro to Multi-dimensional Arrays


Outline

  1. Review from the exam
    1. Work on #4 in groups
    2. Work on #5 in groups
  2. Multi-dimensional arrays.
    1. Basics of multi-dimensional arrays
      1. Row, column
      2. Length 
      3. Multi-dimensional arrays are arrays of arrays of ??

Multi-dimensional arrays

Examples:
  1. CorpSales.java - Demonstrates creating and filling a two dimensional array with primitive values and then totalling all elements.
  2. Lengths.java - Demonstrates the use of the length attribute and initializer lists with two dimensional arrays.
  3. MonthsDays.java - Demonstrates the array of array nature of multidimensional arrays.  The "rows" don't have to be of the same length.
Ragged Array - An array of arrays in which the rows are of different sizes.  

CS 239 - Spring 2010
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