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Name

### [] (array access)

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

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 or read with the syntax value = array[element].

Syntax

    datatype[]
    array[element]

Parameters

datatype | any primitive or compound datatype, including user defined classes
array | any valid variable name
element | int: must not exceed the length of the array - 1

Usage | Web & Application
Related | Array

Updated on August 30, 2010 04:29:39pm EDT