Name
[] (array access)
Description
The array access operator is used to specify a location within an array. The data at this location can be defined with the syntax array[element] = value and read with the syntax value = array[element] as shown in the above example.
Examples
int[] numbers = new int[3]; numbers[0] = 90; numbers[1] = 150; numbers[2] = 30; int a = numbers[0] + numbers[1]; // Sets variable 'a' to 240 int b = numbers[1] + numbers[2]; // Sets variable 'b' to 180
Syntax
datatype[]array[element]
Parameters
datatypeany primitive or compound datatype, including user-defined classesarrayany valid variable nameelementint: must not exceed the length of the array minus 1
Related
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