Arrays

Overview

This chapter introduces arrays, which may be referred to as lists in some programming languages.

Chapter Outline

• Arrays and Lists
• Index Notation
• Displaying Array Members
• Arrays and Functions
• Math Statistics with Arrays
• Searching Arrays
• Sorting Arrays
• Parallel Arrays
• Multidimensional Arrays
• Fixed and Dynamic Arrays
• Code Examples
  • Program Plan
  • C++
  • C#
  • Java
  • JavaScript
  • Python
  • Swift
• Practice

Learning Objectives

1. Understand key terms and definitions.
2. Identify static and dynamic arrays and the code structures necessary to process each type.
3. Identify single-dimension arrays and multi-dimensional arrays and the code structures necessary to process each type.
4. Given example pseudocode, flowcharts, and source code, create a program that uses arrays or lists to solve a given problem.