Writing-Arrays-WE1-P1

Section 12.2 Writing-Arrays-WE1-P1

Subgoals for Writing Arrays.

Declaring an array variable
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1. Determine data type to be stored
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2. Determine name
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3. Data type followed by [] followed by name
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Instantiating an array object
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1. Determine size (number of elements to be stored)
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2. Assign to variable: keyword new, followed by datatype, followed by [size]. (All values initialized to default value for datatype.)
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3. Assign to variable: {initializer list} where initializer list contains the values to be stored in the array
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Accessing array element
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1. Determine value of index for element to be accessed
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2. arrayName[index] returns value stored at that index
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3. index must be between 0 and (arrayName.length-1), inclusive otherwise an IndexOutOfBounds exception occurs at runtime
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Changing value of an array element
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1. Determine value of index of element to be changed (remember rules for index values)
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2. Determine the expression for RHS (remember the assignment subgoals for verifying data types)
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3. Write assignment statement to update array element
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Traversing an array
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1. Decide if updating, accessing all in forward succession, or accessing some subset of array elements or accessing in a different order
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2. If only accessing elements, use an enhanced for (for-each) loop:
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  1. for (DataType varName : collectionName) - traverses collectionName by iterating from first element to last element storing a copy of each element from collectionName in varName.
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3. If updating or not accessing all elements in forward succession, write a for loop:
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  1. start loop control variable (which will also be index) at 0 to go forwards, (arrayName.length - 1) to go backwards
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  2. continuation test is loop control variable < arrayName.length for forwards, loop control variable >= 0 for backwards
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  3. update is loop control variable increments for forwards, decrements for backwards
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4. inside loop use Subgoals 3 or 4 to access or change values as appropriate
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Whole array actions
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1. Passing an array as an argument
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  1. Determine that the an entire array must be passed as an argument to a method by consulting documentation
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  2. When calling a method, pass a reference to an array (usually variable name) as an argument in the method call. (Remember that when passing an array as an argument that changes made by the method to the array are persistent.)
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Subsection 12.2.1

Exercises Exercises

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Q1: Put the code in the appropriate order so that an array of integers will store multiples of 5 (0 to 100) in reverse order.

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public int[] storeReverse() {
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   int [] reverseFives;
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   reverseFives = new int[20];
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   int multiplier = 1;
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   for (int index = reverseFives.length-1; index > 0; index-- ) {
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      reverseFives[index] = index * 5;
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      multiplier++;
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   }
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   return reverseFives;
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}

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Q2. Which of the following would it be easier to use an initializer list for initialization versus a for loop? (Select all that are appropriate)

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Initialize an array of author names called FavoriteAuthors
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Initialize an array of numbers from 100 to 1000 called NineHundred
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Initialize an array of ribbon colors called RibbonColors
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Initialize an array of the top ten fastest times for your school’s track team in the 100 meter race named TopTen
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Initialize an array with the height (in inches) of all the children in a classroom called ClassroomHeights
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Q3. Suppose you are writing a method that adds one to all of the elements of an array named numbers, which of the following pieces of code would be best for this task?

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public void addOne(int[] numbers) {
    for (int index = 0; index < numbers.length; index++ ) {
        numbers[index] = numbers + 1;
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public void addOne(int[] numbers) {
    for (int num: numbers) {
        num++;
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}

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public void addOne(int[] numbers) {
    for (int num: numbers) {
        numbers[num] = numbers[num] + 1;
    }
}

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public void addOne(int[] numbers) {
    for (int index = 0; index < numbers.length; index++) {
        numbers[index] = index + 1;
    }
}

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