Syntax for creating a two-dimensional array in Java - Stack Overflow
I am not understanding two dimensional arrays.
Can someone ELI5 multidimensional arrays?
How to understand the logic behind two-dimensional arrays?
What are common use cases for 2D arrays in Java?
Can the size of a 2D array be dynamically changed in Java?
How do you declare and initialise a 2D array?
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I'm creating a program that will sum up the outer squares(1) as well as the inner ones(2)(3).
I've already figured out how to sum up the outer boundaries. But, I can't sum up the inner boundaries.
The current dimension is 6x6 but it also needs to be flexible depending on user preference.
Can anyone help? T.T
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Try the following:
int[][] multi = new int[5][10];
... which is a short hand for something like this:
int[][] multi = new int[5][];
multi[0] = new int[10];
multi[1] = new int[10];
multi[2] = new int[10];
multi[3] = new int[10];
multi[4] = new int[10];
Note that every element will be initialized to the default value for int, 0, so the above are also equivalent to:
int[][] multi = new int[][] {
{ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 },
{ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 },
{ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 },
{ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 },
{ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 }
};
... or, more succinctly,
int[][] multi = {
{ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 },
{ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 },
{ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 },
{ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 },
{ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 }
};
We can declare a two dimensional array and directly store elements at the time of its declaration as:
int marks[][]={{50,60,55,67,70},{62,65,70,70,81},{72,66,77,80,69}};
Here int represents integer type elements stored into the array and the array name is 'marks'. int is the datatype for all the elements represented inside the "{" and "}" braces because an array is a collection of elements having the same data type.
Coming back to our statement written above: each row of elements should be written inside the curly braces. The rows and the elements in each row should be separated by a commas.
Now observe the statement: you can get there are 3 rows and 5 columns, so the JVM creates 3 * 5 = 15 blocks of memory. These blocks can be individually referred ta as:
marks[0][0] marks[0][1] marks[0][2] marks[0][3] marks[0][4]
marks[1][0] marks[1][1] marks[1][2] marks[1][3] marks[1][4]
marks[2][0] marks[2][1] marks[2][2] marks[2][3] marks[2][4]
NOTE:
If you want to store n elements then the array index starts from zero and ends at n-1.
Another way of creating a two dimensional array is by declaring the array first and then allotting memory for it by using new operator.
int marks[][]; // declare marks array
marks = new int[3][5]; // allocate memory for storing 15 elements
By combining the above two we can write:
int marks[][] = new int[3][5];