Multi-Dimensional Arrays in Java "If debugging is the process of removing software bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in." -- Edsger Dijkstra Plan for today: * multi-dimensional arrays (mostly 2D) * array creation and traversal * accessing rows and columns in a 2D array

Array Creation When we create an array in Java, the number of pairs of square brackets indicates the dimensions of the array. So far, we’ve only used one-dimensional arrays: int[] arr = new int[10]; 2D array of integers: int[][] matrix = new int[4][3]; // 4 rows, 3 columns 3D array of integers: int[][][] arr2 = new int[3][5][2];

2D Arrays int[][] matrix = new int[4][3]; Making sense of it all: matrix is a reference to the entire array matrix[i][j] is for the entry in row i, column j indexing for both rows and columns starts at 0 matrix[0][0] is the int in the first row and first column matrix[i] refers to row i matrix[0] refers to the first row, or the row with index 0 No way of referencing a column

2D Arrays Reasonable way to visualize 2-dimensional array Remember: array entries are automatically initialized arrays of numbers: entries initialized to column row matrix int[][] matrix = new int[3][2];

2D Array Examples Write a method that takes a 2D array of ints, and prints the array’s elements in row order - that is, first print the elements in row 0, then row 1, then row 2, etc. Write a method that takes a 2D array of doubles, and returns the maximum value in the array.