Array Flashcards
collection of entities with similar types.
array
used to declare an array in Java, either after the type or after the name.
square brackets
set of guidelines for a specific programming language that recommend programming style, practices, and methods for each aspect of a program written in that language.
conventions
refers to the memory allocated to the program while it is running, or in other words, during runtime.
dynamic memory
access the elements in a particular index
indexing
Assigning values to the elements of the array requires indexing
assignment operator
array of arrays
multi-dimensional array
you can declare a multi-dimensional array by
using ____
two or more sets of brackets
String [] [] names
cycles through an object collection, such as arrays in sequential manner, from start to finish.
for-each loop
general form of for-each style
for(type itrvar : collection) statement block
specifies the array type
type
specifies the iterator variable that will accept the elements from the collection, from beginning to end, one at a time.
itrvar
a method available in the System class that can be used to copy data from one array to another efficiently.
arraycopy