An array is an ordered collection of elements of the same type, identified by a pair of square brackets [].To use an array, you need to:1.Declare the array witha name and a type. Use a plural name for array, e.g., marks, rows,numbers. All elements of the array belong tothe same type.2.Allocate the array using new operator, or through initialization, e.g.int[] marks;// Declare an int array named marks// marks contains a special value called null.int marks[];// Same as above, but the above syntax recommended
marks =newint[5];// Allocate 5 elements via the "new" operator// Declare and allocate a 20-element array in one statement via "new" operatorint[] factors =newint[20];// Declare, allocate a 6-element array thru initializationint[] numbers ={11,22,33,44,55,66};// size of array deduced from the number of items
// How to use arrays // Julianpublicstaticvoidmain(String[] args){// Initialize arrayint[] arrNum ={25,23,15,20,24};// Recorrerlofor(int a =0; a < arrNum.length; a++){System.out.println(arrNum[a]);}}
Java array is an object which contains elements of a similar data type.
Additionally,The elements of an array are stored in a contiguous memory
location.
Basically, it is one of the a data structure where we store similar elements.
We can store only a fixed set of elements in a Java array.
following shows the use of the array in java,int a[]=newint[5];//declaration and instantiation
a[0]=10;//initialization
a[1]=20;//after printing arraydefault value of arrray element is 0;[10,20,0,0,0]