Arrays - Vocabulary | Flashcards

Question	Answer
What are arrays?	Arrays are data structure to store the data of the same data type
element of an array	individual units of an array
array index	index number starting from 0 in which order the array elements are arranged consecutively in the memory location
name of the array	a reference variable to store the location where the first element of the array is stored.
for(int i=0; i<arrayname.length; i++) { ------ }	for next loop or enhanced for loop
for(String s: name) { ---- }	for each loop
for each loop	used to retrieve elements without accessing to individual elements
for next loop for arrays	used when you need to access a particular element through its index
arrayName.length	gives the total number of elements in an array named arrayName.
array can store the	primitive data types objects
an array can store only	the same data type that means all the elements of an array should be of the same type
arrayName[5] refers to the	6th element of the array
apart from primitive data types arrays can also store	objects

Arrays - Vocabulary

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