[java] Initialize 2D array

I am trying to initialize a 2D array, in which the type of each element is char. So far, I can only initialize this array in the follow way.

public class ticTacToe 
{
private char[][] table;

public ticTacToe()
{
    table[0][0] = '1';
    table[0][1] = '2';
    table[0][2] = '3';
    table[1][0] = '4';
    table[1][1] = '5';
    table[1][2] = '6';
    table[2][0] = '7';
    table[2][1] = '8';
    table[2][2] = '9';
}
}

I think if the array is 10*10, it is the trivial way. Is there any efficient way to do that?

Easy to read/type.

  table = new char[][] {
      "0123456789".toCharArray()
    , "abcdefghij".toCharArray()
  };

You can use for loop if you really want to.

char table[][] table = new char[row][col];
for(int i = 0; i < row * col ; ++i){
     table[i/row][i % col] = char('a' + (i+1));
}

or do what bhesh said.

You can follow what paxdiablo(on Dec '12) suggested for an automated, more versatile approach:

for (int row = 0; row < 3; row ++)
for (int col = 0; col < 3; col++)
    table[row][col] = (char) ('1' + row * 3 + col);

In terms of efficiency, it depends on the scale of your implementation. If it is to simply initialize a 2D array to values 0-9, it would be much easier to just define, declare and initialize within the same statement like this: private char[][] table = {{'1', '2', '3'}, {'4', '5', '6'}, {'7', '8', '9'}};

Or if you're planning to expand the algorithm, the previous code would prove more, efficient.

Shorter way is do it as follows:

private char[][] table = {{'1', '2', '3'}, {'4', '5', '6'}, {'7', '8', '9'}};