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Java Programming for Beginners

You're reading from   Java Programming for Beginners Learn the fundamentals of programming with Java

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788296298
Length 318 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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SkillSprints Inc., Mark Lassoff SkillSprints Inc., Mark Lassoff
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Multidimensional arrays

In Java, our most basic data structure is the array, which allows us to store sequences of light-typed information and access this through a single location in memory. Sometimes, however, arrays are unwieldy, and we want to use more strongly organized data structures so that they can be easier for humans to understand and write programs around. Oftentimes, what's appropriate here is a multi-dimensional array.

"Multidimensional array" is a pretty scary-sounding name, but in fact the concept behind it is very basic. The question is what happens if we create an array of arrays? The following line of code shows the syntax to do just that:

char[][] twoDimArr = new char[3][7];

This line of code will create a two-dimensional multidimensional array. You'll see it's very much like the syntax for simply creating an array of characters under...

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