COMPUTER PROGRAMMING 2

CHAPTER 6
ARRAYS IN C# (SPECIAL VARIABLE)
OBJECTIVES

 Describe the nature and purpose of an array

 Learn array declaration
 Identify array element
 Define methods with an array as a parameter
 Define methods that return an array
WHAT IS ARRAY?
WHAT IS ARRAY?

 Arraysare used to store multiple values in a

single variable, instead of declaring separate
variables for each value.
 Itis often more useful to think of an array as
a collection of variables of the same type
stored at contiguous memory locations.
PROBLEM

 The school looks for a programmer to create their

student information system. Initially, they have three
students.
PROBLEM

 Therefore you create a

program like this...
 You create 3 different sets
of variables that will hold
the information of 3
students.
PROBLEM

• However, another student

enroll.
• Thus, you edit your code
again and add another set.
PROBLEM

 But another student enroll,

for a total of five. So you
edit your code again.
PROBLEM

 Whatwill happen if there are more than one

hundred or even a thousand students enrolled?
PROBLEM
PROBLEM

 UsingArray we could minimize and optimize our

code like this...
PROBLEM
ARRAY - FACTS

 Variables in the array are ordered and each has an index beginning from
zero (0).
 An array is an object of base type System.Array.
 Default values of numeric array and reference type elements are set to be
respectively zero and null.
 Array elements can be of any type, including an array type.
 Array variables can also be declared like other variables with open and
closed brackets [ ] after the data type.
 The default maximum number of items is 2,147,483,591.
DIFFERENT KINDS OF ARRAY

 Single-Dimensional Arrays
 An array with sequence of value.
 Multidimensional Arrays
 An array that could have multiple column and row.
 Jagged Arrays
 An array whose elements are arrays.
SINGLE-DIMENSIONAL ARRAYS
SINGLE-DIMENSIONAL ARRAY – SYNTAX

 To declare an array.

 Wherein datatype could be any datatype (int,

string, boolean) while size is the maximum
number of items the array could hold.
SINGLE-DIMENSIONAL ARRAY – SYNTAX

To declare a dynamic.

Omitting the size will make a dynamic

number of values
SINGLE-DIMENSIONAL ARRAY – SYNTAX

 To assign a value

 Whereinthe index is the location of the value

in the array. The first value should be placed
in index zero (0).
SINGLE-DIMENSIONAL ARRAY – SYNTAX

 To assign a value a value in dynamic array.

 We need to resize first the array before we can add more

value. Wherein the additionalsize could be one (1) or
more.
SINGLE-DIMENSIONAL ARRAY – ACCESS VALUE

 To access a value
 arrayname[index]
 Wherein the index is the location of the value in the
array.
SINGLE-DIMENSIONAL ARRAY – ACCESS VALUE

 To access all value we simply use a loop (for, while or

do while)
SINGLE-DIMENSIONAL ARRAY – ACCESS VALUE

 Foreach loop
 A loop that executes a block of statements for each
element in an instance of an array.

foreach(datatype variableholder in arrayname)

{
}
SINGLE-DIMENSIONAL ARRAY – ACCESS VALUE

 We could use foreach to access all

values of an array without an
error.
 However, this still shows null
values.
 To prevent displaying blank we
could simply use a dynamic array
or use a conditional statement.
PRACTICE

 Dynamic Arrays
 Utilize dynamic arrays to store a growing number of
elements without predefined size.
 Implement a program that dynamically resizes an array
based on user input.
FURTHER READING

 https://www.tutorialsteacher.com/csharp/array-csharp
 https://www.w3schools.com/cs/cs_arrays.php
 https://
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-referen
ce/builtin-types/arrays
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