Pre-requisites -
1. Post # 48 Arrays
2. Post # 92 'length' array attribute
Assuming that you have understood the array concepts from the above pre-requisite posts, I would like to explain how to use 'length' attribute to calculate the number of rows and number of columns in a 2 dimensional array.
Example of a 2 dimensional array -
int a[][] = new int[2][3];
Visual representation of the array -
To calculate the number of rows in this array we have to use -> a.length
To calculate the number of columns in first row of the array we have to use -> a[0].length
To calculate the number of columns in second row of the array we have to use -> a[1].length
In a 2D array, which is having the same number of columns in every row will give the same result for a[0].length and a[1].length
Lets implement this on Eclipse IDE -
1. Launch Eclipse IDE, create a new Java Project 'Project 018' as shown below -
2. Create a Java Class 'Class018' with main( ) method as shown below -
3. Declare a two dimensional array as shown below -
4. Using length attribute to calculate the number of rows and storing the result in the integer variable 'rows' as shown below -
5. Using length attribute to calculate the number of columns in the first row of the array and storing the result in the integer variable 'row1_columns' as shown below -
6. Using length attribute to calculate the number of columns in the second row of the array and storing the result in the integer varaible 'row2_columns' as shown below -
7. Print the calculated number of rows, number of columns in first and second rows as shown below -
8. Run the Java Class and observe that the following output is displayed under the Console as shown below -
This is how, we use the length attribute in a two dimensional array.
Using length attribute in a three dimensional array will be explained in the next post.
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Using 'length' attribute with 3 dimensional arrays will be explained in the next post.
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