Two dimension arrays

This section contains the detail about the Two dimension arrays in java.

Two dimension arrays

In java, multidimensional arrays are actually arrays of arrays. For example, you can declare a two dimensional array as :

int twoD[][]=new int [4][5];

You can also declare a three dimensional array as :

int threeD[][][]= new int [3][4][5];

Example :

Class TwoDmatrix{
  public static void main(String args[]) {
    int twoDm[][]= new int[4][5];
    int i,j,k=0;

    for(i=0;i<4;i++)
      for(j=0;j<5;j++) {
         twoDm[i][j]=k;
         k++;
      }
    for(i=0;i<4;i++)
      for(j=0;j<5;j++) {
         System.out.println(twoDm[i][j]+"")
         System.out.println();
      }
   }
 }
 

Output :

You need to specify the memory for the first(leftmost)  dimension for a multidimensional array. Remaining dimensions can be allocated separately. The main advantage is that you need not to allocate the same number of elements for each dimension. For example, the following program creates a two-dimensional array in which the sixe of the second dimension are unequal :

public class DemoTwoD {
	public static void main(String args[]) {
		int DevtwoD[][] = new int[4][];
		DevtwoD[0] = new int[1];
		DevtwoD[1] = new int[2];
		DevtwoD[2] = new int[3];
		DevtwoD[3] = new int[4];

		int a, b,c=0;

		for (a = 0; a < 4; a++)
		    for (b = 0; b < a + 1; b++) {
			DevtwoD[a][b]=c;
			c++;
		}
		for (a = 0; a < 4; a++) {
			for (b = 0; b < a + 1; b++)
			System.out.print(DevtwoD[a][b] + " ");
			System.out.println();
	    }
    }

 }

Output :

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