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Initialization and re-assignment of arrays
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// : c11:ArraySize.java
//Initialization & re-assignment of arrays.
//From 'Thinking in Java, 3rd ed.' (c) Bruce Eckel 2002
//www.BruceEckel.com. See copyright notice in CopyRight.txt.
class Weeble {
} // A small mythical creature
public class ArraySize {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// Arrays of objects:
Weeble[] a; // Local uninitialized variable
Weeble[] b = new Weeble[5]; // Null references
Weeble[] c = new Weeble[4];
for (int i = 0; i < c.length; i++)
if (c[i] == null) // Can test for null reference
c[i] = new Weeble();
// Aggregate initialization:
Weeble[] d = { new Weeble(), new Weeble(), new Weeble() };
// Dynamic aggregate initialization:
a = new Weeble[] { new Weeble(), new Weeble() };
System.out.println("a.length=" + a.length);
System.out.println("b.length = " + b.length);
// The references inside the array are
// automatically initialized to null:
for (int i = 0; i < b.length; i++)
System.out.println("b[" + i + "]=" + b[i]);
System.out.println("c.length = " + c.length);
System.out.println("d.length = " + d.length);
a = d;
System.out.println("a.length = " + a.length);
// Arrays of primitives:
int[] e; // Null reference
int[] f = new int[5];
int[] g = new int[4];
for (int i = 0; i < g.length; i++)
g[i] = i * i;
int[] h = { 11, 47, 93 };
// Compile error: variable e not initialized:
//!System.out.println("e.length=" + e.length);
System.out.println("f.length = " + f.length);
// The primitives inside the array are
// automatically initialized to zero:
for (int i = 0; i < f.length; i++)
System.out.println("f[" + i + "]=" + f[i]);
System.out.println("g.length = " + g.length);
System.out.println("h.length = " + h.length);
e = h;
System.out.println("e.length = " + e.length);
e = new int[] { 1, 2 };
System.out.println("e.length = " + e.length);
}
} ///:~
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