Arrays

For long lists of data, arrays can be used.

How to use

First create a variable, that contains an array:

int[] list = new int[10];

In this case the array has space for 10 variables of the type int.

You can also already put data into the array on creation. The size of it will be calculated from the data. In this case 5:

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

Then there can be values assigned to the arrays: In the squared brackets you specify the index of the item in the array. Be aware of that the index of the first element is 0:

list[0] = 11;

In the same way the values can be read:

stdout.printf ("%d\n", list[0]);

A slice is a part of an array cutted out. For that the index of the start and of the end of the slice, separated by a :, needs to be specified:

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

int[] slice = list[0:3];

In this case the second list called “slice” would contain { 1, 2, 3, 4 }.

Also useful

• To get the length of an array conveniently, as specified on creation, .length () can be used:

  int[] list = new int[10];
  
  int list_size = list.length; // 10