COMPUTER

ARRAYS
- Type of data structure that can store a fixed-size sequential collection of elements of the
same kind.
- An ordered collection of values having the same data type and contiguous memory
locations.
- Uses:
- Maintains large data under a single variable name.
- Used for easy sorting of data elements.
- For performing matrix operations.
- Used for CPU scheduling.
- Used to implement other data structures like Stacks, Queues, Heaps, Hash tables,
etc.
- ALWAYS SUB MINUS ONE. To avoid out of bounds, the elements must not exceed
the dimensions.
Practice:
String[] honNames; - Declaration
String[39] honNames; - Dimension
Value inside the square bracket is the element
honNames[0]
honNames[1]
.
.
.
honNames[38]

Declaration, Dimension, Initialization:

String honNames[39] = {“Stud1,

1. ONE/SINGLE-DIMENSIONAL ARRAY
- A linear array whose elements can be assessed individually by specifying the
index value of each element. [int, long int, float, double]
- Made up of one row/column of array members with the same name but different
index values.

dataType[] arrayName;
dataType arrayName[];
Strings - char: ‘ ‘ ; string of text: “ “

1. TWO/MULTI DIMENSIONAL ARRAYS/MATRIX

○ An array whose elements are also arrays.
○ It is accessible with two indexes.
ARRAY TRAVERSAL
- Traversing an array means accessing each element of an array exactly once so that the
data item (values) of the array can be checked or used as part of some other operation
or process and is called “visiting” the array.

JAVA FUNCTIONS
- It is a container for a few lines of code that accomplish a specific task. A standard
feature in all programming languages. Also known as procedure or subroutine in other
programming languages.
- DRY (Don’t Repeat Yourself)
- To not be repetitive.

PREDEFINED FUNCTIONS
- Functions that are built into the language to perform operations are stored in the
Standard Function Library.

USER-DEFINED FUNCTIONS
- With no argument and no return value
- With no argument but a return value
- With argument but no return value
- With argument and a return value

FUNCTION CREATION AND USAGE

Aspects of Function:
- Function Declaration
- Telling the compiler that this function exists and what its details are.
- A function must be declared to inform the compiler of the:
- Function Name - Used to call the function.
- Parameter List - The list of values that the function needs to receive.
- Return Type - The data type of the value to be returned by the function.

- Function Definition - Programming its behavior. Where we add the function’s body, the
code to be executed when we call the function.
- Contains the actual statements which are to be executed when the function is
called (or used).

- Function Call - The actual usage of the function from somewhere else, whether in the
main or inside other functions.
- To call a function, you simply need to pass the required parameters along with
the function name, and if the function returns a value, then you can store the
returned value.

What is the syntax for declaring an array of integers in Java? - B

What is the syntax for initialization? - A & B
How can you call the second element of an array called “numbers”? - A
Accessing an element of an array using an index that is out of bounds? - C