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Programming 1A: (PROG5121)

The document discusses arrays in Java programming, including declaring and initializing arrays, using subscripts to access array elements, searching arrays, and passing/returning arrays. It provides examples of declaring various types of arrays, initializing arrays with values, accessing elements with subscripts, searching an array, and a method that passes and returns an array. It also presents a class activity to write a program that reverses the order of elements in an array.

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Programming 1A: (PROG5121)

The document discusses arrays in Java programming, including declaring and initializing arrays, using subscripts to access array elements, searching arrays, and passing/returning arrays. It provides examples of declaring various types of arrays, initializing arrays with values, accessing elements with subscripts, searching an array, and a method that passes and returns an array. It also presents a class activity to write a program that reverses the order of elements in an array.

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PROGRAMMING 1A

(PROG5121)
INTRODUCTION TO ARRAYS

BASED ON CHAPTER 8, FARRELL, J. 2019. JAVA PROGRAMMING.


9TH ED. 2019. COURSE TECHNOLOGY, CENGAGE LEARNING.
DECLARING AND CREATING ARRAYS

• An array is a named list of data items that all have the same data type.
• Each data item is an element of the array.
• To declare an array of double values to hold sales figures for sales people you can write
the following:
double[] salesFigures;
• To create an array of integers to hold student ID numbers, you can write the following:

int[] idNums;
• You can declare and create an array in one statement with the following:

double[] salesFigures = new double[20];


MEMORY ALLOCATION AND SUBSCRIPTS

• A subscript is an integer contained within square brackets that specifies one of an array’s
elements.
• In Java, any array’s elements are numbered beginning with 0, so you can legally use any
subscript from 0 through 19 when working with an array that has 20 elements.
INITIALIZING AN ARRAY

• To initialize an array when you declare it, you use an


initialization list of values separated by commas and
enclosed within curly braces.
• Providing values for all the elements in an array also is
called populating the array.
• Example of array initialization:
int[] num = {20, 30, 40, 60, 80, 100, 120, 150, 200, 300};
USING SUBSCRIPTS WITH AN ARRAY

Suppose you declare an array and a named constant as follows:

int[] scoreArray = {2, 14, 35, 67, 85};


final int INCREASE = 3;
final int NUMBER_OF_SCORES = 5;
Then, the following two loops are identical:
for(int sub = 0; sub < 5; ++sub)
scoreArray[sub] += INCREASE;
for(int sub = 0; sub < NUMBER_OF_SCORES; ++sub)

scoreArray[sub] += INCREASE;
ARRAYS OF OBJECTS

Employee[] emps = new Employee[7];

final int START_NUM = 101;

final double STARTING_SALARY = 15000;

for (int x = 0; x < emps.length; ++x)

emps[x] = new Employee(START_NUM + x,

STARTING_SALARY);

for (int x = 0; x < emps.length; ++x)

System.out.println (emps[x].getEmpNum() +

""+

emps[x].getSalary());
You can also use the enhanced for loop
alternative to iterate through an array of objects:
for (Employee worker : emps)
System.out.println(worker.getEmpNum() +
""+
worker.getSalary());
SEARCHING AN ARRAY

int[] validValues = {101, 108, 201, 213, 266,


304, 311, 409, 411, 412};
int itemOrdered = 304;
boolean validItem = false;

for(int x = 0; x < validValues.length; ++x) {


if (itemOrdered == validValues[x])
validItem = true;
} Comparing a variable to a list of
values in an array, is a process
called searching an array.
PASSING AND RETURNING ARRAYS

This method receives an integer


array through its parameter list.

This method returns an integer array


to its caller.
CLASS ACTIVITY 8

Write a Java program that reverses the order of the elements in an array. Call your class
containing the main() method ReverseArray.
Your code should produce the following output:

Array before reverse:


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Array after reverse:
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

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