Chapter 4
Chapter 4
Chapter 4
Intro to Programming
Chapter 4:
Arrays
Introduction
• Arrays
– Structures of related data items
– Static entity (same size throughout program)
Arrays
• Array
– Consecutive group of memory locations
– Same name and type (int, char, etc.)
• To refer to an element
– Specify array name and position number (index)
– Format: arrayname[ position number ]
– First element at position 0
• N-element array c
c[ 0 ], c[ 1 ] … c[ n - 1 ]
– Nth element as position N-1
Arrays
Arrays
Name of array (Note
that all elements of
this array have the
same name, c)
c[0] -45
c[1] 6
c[2] 0
c[3] 72
c[4] 1543
c[5] -89
c[6] 0
c[7] 62
c[8] -3
c[9] 1
c[10] 6453
c[11] 78
Declaring Arrays
• Initializing arrays
– For loop
• Set each element
– Initializer list
• Specify each element when array declared
int n[ 5 ] = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 };
• If not enough initializers, rightmost elements 0
• If too many syntax error
– To set every element to 0
int n[ 5 ] = { 0 };
– If array size omitted, initializers determine size
int n[] = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 };
• 5 initializers, therefore 5 element array
Element Value
fig04_03.cpp
0 0 (2 of 2)
1 0
2 0 fig04_03.cpp
3 0 output (1 of 1)
4 0
5 0
6 0
7 0
8 0
9 0
• Array size
– Can be specified with constant variable (const)
• const int size = 20;
– Constants cannot be changed
– Constants must be initialized when declared
– Also called named constants or read-only variables
• Arrays passed-by-reference
– Functions can modify original array data
– Value of name of array is address of first element
• Function knows where the array is stored
• Can change original memory locations
• Individual array elements passed-by-value
– Like regular variables
– square( myArray[3] );
Sorting Arrays
• Sorting data
– Important computing application
– Virtually every organization must sort some data
• Massive amounts must be sorted
• Bubble sort (sinking sort)
– Several passes through the array
– Successive pairs of elements are compared
• If increasing order (or identical), no change
• If decreasing order, elements exchanged
– Repeat these steps for every element
Sorting Arrays
• Example:
– Go left to right, and exchange elements as necessary
• One pass for each element
– Original: 3 4 2 7 6
– Pass 1: 3 2 4 6 7 (elements exchanged)
– Pass 2: 2 3 4 6 7
– Pass 3: 2 3 4 6 7 (no changes needed)
– Pass 4: 2 3 4 6 7
– Pass 5: 2 3 4 6 7
– Small elements "bubble" to the top (like 2 in this example)
Sorting Arrays
• Swapping variables
int x = 3, y = 4;
y = x;
x = y;
• What happened?
– Both x and y are 3!
– Need a temporary variable
• Solution
int x = 3, y = 4, temp = 0;
temp = x; // temp gets 3
x = y; // x gets 4
y = temp; // y gets 3
Searching Arrays
Strings
• Strings
– Arrays of characters
– All strings end with null ('\0')
– Examples
• char string1[] = "hello";
– Null character implicitly added
– string1 has 6 elements
• char string1[] = { 'h', 'e', 'l', 'l',
'o', '\0’ };
– Subscripting is the same
String1[ 0 ] is 'h'
string1[ 2 ] is 'l'
Strings
Multiple-Subscripted Arrays
• Multiple subscripts
– a[ i ][ j ]
– Tables with rows and columns
– Specify row, then column
– “Array of arrays”
• a[0] is an array of 4 elements
• a[0][0] is the first element of that array
Column 0 Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Row 0 a[ 0 ][ 0 ] a[ 0 ][ 1 ] a[ 0 ][ 2 ] a[ 0 ][ 3 ]
Row 1 a[ 1 ][ 0 ] a[ 1 ][ 1 ] a[ 1 ][ 2 ] a[ 1 ][ 3 ]
Row 2 a[ 2 ][ 0 ] a[ 2 ][ 1 ] a[ 2 ][ 2 ] a[ 2 ][ 3 ]
Column subscript
Array name
Row subscript
Multiple-Subscripted Arrays
• To initialize
– Default of 0
– Initializers grouped by row in braces
1 2
int b[ 2 ][ 2 ] = { { 1, 2 }, { 3, 4 } }; 3 4
Row 0 Row 1
1 0
int b[ 2 ][ 2 ] = { { 1 }, { 3, 4 } }; 3 4
Multiple-Subscripted Arrays
– Outputs 0 3 4
Multiple-Subscripted Arrays
Student0 95 85
Student1 89 80