[java] Initialising a multidimensional array in Java

Multidimensional Array in Java

Returning a multidimensional array

Java does not truely support multidimensional arrays. In Java, a two-dimensional array is simply an array of arrays, a three-dimensional array is an array of arrays of arrays, a four-dimensional array is an array of arrays of arrays of arrays, and so on...

We can define a two-dimensional array as:

1. int[ ] num[ ] = {{1,2}, {1,2}, {1,2}, {1,2}}

2. int[ ][ ] num = new int[4][2]

   num[0][0] = 1;
   num[0][1] = 2;
   num[1][0] = 1;
   num[1][1] = 2;
   num[2][0] = 1;
   num[2][1] = 2;
   num[3][0] = 1;
   num[3][1] = 2;
   

   If you don't allocate, let's say num[2][1], it is not initialized and then it is automatically allocated 0, that is, automatically num[2][1] = 0;

3. Below, num1.length gives you rows.

4. While num1[0].length gives you the number of elements related to num1[0]. Here num1[0] has related arrays num1[0][0] and num[0][1] only.

5. Here we used a for loop which helps us to calculate num1[i].length. Here i is incremented through a loop.

   class array
   {
       static int[][] add(int[][] num1,int[][] num2)
       {
           int[][] temp = new int[num1.length][num1[0].length];
           for(int i = 0; i<temp.length; i++)
           {
               for(int j = 0; j<temp[i].length; j++)
               {
                   temp[i][j] = num1[i][j]+num2[i][j];
               }
           }
           return temp;
       }
   
       public static void main(String args[])
       {
           /* We can define a two-dimensional array as
                1.  int[] num[] = {{1,2},{1,2},{1,2},{1,2}}
                2.  int[][] num = new int[4][2]
                    num[0][0] = 1;
                    num[0][1] = 2;
                    num[1][0] = 1;
                    num[1][1] = 2;
                    num[2][0] = 1;
                    num[2][1] = 2;
                    num[3][0] = 1;
                    num[3][1] = 2;
   
                    If you don't allocate let's say num[2][1] is
                    not initialized, and then it is automatically
                    allocated 0, that is, automatically num[2][1] = 0;
                 3. Below num1.length gives you rows
                 4. While num1[0].length gives you number of elements
                    related to num1[0]. Here num1[0] has related arrays
                    num1[0][0] and num[0][1] only.
                 5. Here we used a 'for' loop which helps us to calculate
                    num1[i].length, and here i is incremented through a loop.
           */
           int num1[][] = {{1,2},{1,2},{1,2},{1,2}};
           int num2[][] = {{1,2},{1,2},{1,2},{1,2}};
   
           int num3[][] = add(num1,num2);
           for(int i = 0; i<num1.length; i++)
           {
               for(int j = 0; j<num1[j].length; j++)
                   System.out.println("num3[" + i + "][" + j + "]=" + num3[i][j]);
           }
       }
   }