Lists, tuples arrays and records(1.4.2 a)

Question 1

What are compound data types?

Answer 1

allows us to store multiple pieces of data in one place

Question 2

What are arrays?

Answer 2

ordered collection of elements of all the same type and a fixed length

Question 3

Arrays

Answer 3

good for storing lots of data in a single place
can access each individual element
can update each element
can’t add or remove elements once defined

Question 4

What is a 2 dimensional array?

Answer 4

store an array in another array

Question 5

What are lists?

Answer 5

mutable ordered collection of items of any type with a finite length

Question 6

What is mutable?

Answer 6

able to be changed

Question 7

Lists

Answer 7

access any length
change an item
add or delete an item
test if the list is empty
access the first and last item

Question 8

What are tuples?

Answer 8

like lists except they cannot be modified after definied

Question 9

Tuples

Answer 9

explicitly read only
faster to access than lists due to reduced set of possible actions

Question 10

What is a record?

Answer 10

fixed collection of fields of any type that is a finite length

Question 11

What is dynamic?

Answer 11

the size can change at runtime

Question 12

What is static?

Answer 12

the size cannot change at runtime

Question 13

Arrays static or dynamic?

Answer 13

static

Question 14

Lists static or dynamic?

Answer 14

dynamic

Question 15

Records static or dynamic?

Answer 15

dynamic/static

Question 16

Tuples static or dynamic?

Answer 16

static/dynamic