Declaring a 2D array

[Charles Mara]

Hi All,

I know you can declare a 1D array this way

int intArray[] = {1, 2, 3, 4};

is there a away to do this for a 2D array?

[Charles Mara]

nevermind a deeper google got me the answer

[fred rosenberger]

So you found you can't create a 2-D array in java, just plain old 1-D ones that can hold anything...including arrays?

[Campbell Ritchie]

Actually your original code has some poor style. You should but the [] earlier.
Needless to say, this sort of question comes up frequently, and here is some good discussion of it. But as Fred has already hinted, you are not creating a 2D array.

[Charles Mara]

Thanks for the replys.

So I should declare arrays this way

int[] intArray = {1, 2, 3, 4};

is that right?

and no I didnt relise that arrays could hold other arrays but I do now!Will look in to it further just to make sure I have the understanding of them correct.

[Campbell Ritchie]

Yes, you should declare arrays like that, [] before the name of the array. That is because the variable is of type something-array, so you declare the type as something-array, then the name.
int[][] arr is not a 2D array, but a 1D array containing however many 1D arrays. Or more precisely, enough memory put aside to contain that in the reference. arr[123] is a 1D array, provided arr has been instantiated with enough elements to support an index of 123.