total number of rows in a multidimensional array

[nitinram agarwal]

Hello everyone,
I have a multidimensional array and would like to know what is the depth of it? For ex given the following 2 dimensional array

int[][] bigMatrix = 	{
			{3, 5, 8, 2, 6},
			{45,23, 4, 23, 1},
			{3, 4, 5, 2, 1}, 
			{76, 34, 23, 12, 3},
			{12, 23, 45, 6, 7},
			{76, 54, 56, 76, 23}
};

the total number of rows is 6. I would like to know if there is a direct way of determining the depth of a multi dimensional array. As of now, I am iterating through the array and computing it. for a one dimensional array, "length" gives me the total number of columns and I am looking towards something similar for row numbers.

[Nitin Surana]

bigMatrix.length will give you the total no. of rows.

[fred rosenberger]

nitinram agarwal wrote:I have a multidimensional array

Actually, you don't. You have a one-dimensional array. It just happens to hold...arrays.

[nitinram agarwal]

thanks everyone. i knew that i might be asking something silly but kind of got a little confused.