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Jagged arrays

This tutorial explains what a jagged array by giving an example that shows you how set and retrieve values.

On Sunday, July 25th 2004 at 11:34 PM

By Andrew Pociu (View Profile)

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They say a jagged array is an array of arrays.

It's not so hard to comprehend this. In the following example we declare jaggedArray named jArray that can hold 3 other arrays:

int[][] jArray = new int[3][];

Next you can set the size (number of elements) of each of the 3 arrays:

jArray[0] = new int[2];

jArray[1] = new int[5];

jArray[2] = new int[7];

The first array (0) has 2 elements, the second (1) has 5 elements and the third (2) has 7 elements.

How do we assign and retrieve values from the elements of each array?

As you can see in the followin graphic, first we specify the number of the array, second we specify the number of the element:

In the following example we assign values to all the elements in all 3 arrays:

// Fill the array no. 0

jArray[0][0] = 10;

jArray[0][1] = 11;

// Fill the array no. 1

jArray[1][0] = 20;

jArray[1][1] = 21;

jArray[1][2] = 22;

jArray[1][3] = 23;

jArray[1][4] = 24;

// Fill the array no. 2

jArray[2][0] = 30;

jArray[2][1] = 31;

jArray[2][2] = 32;

jArray[2][3] = 33;

jArray[2][4] = 34;

jArray[2][5] = 35;

jArray[2][6] = 36;

Using two loops we can retrieve the values of the elements from all the arrays inside the jagged array:

// Loop through the 3 arrays

for(int i = 0; i < jArray.GetLength(0); i++)

{

   // Loop through the elements of the current array

   for(int x = 0; x < jArray[i].GetLength(0); x++)

   {

      Console.WriteLine(jArray[i][x].ToString());

   }

   Console.WriteLine("------");

}

If you compile the code, here's the result in the console window:

10

11

------

20

21

22

23

24

------

30

31

32

33

34

35

36

------

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by disantha on Thursday, September 2nd 2004 at 04:18 AM

what's the GetLength do? i can't understand it properly

by LeVirus Watts on Saturday, August 5th 2006 at 01:23 PM

disantha,
The <array>.GetLength(x) ask the program how long the array in question is. (note: the x is which dimintion we are asking for.)

by onome ofu on Friday, March 2nd 2007 at 03:28 AM

This is a beautiful job.

by on Sunday, November 11th 2007 at 05:10 AM

thanks

by Haider on Monday, December 28th 2009 at 09:53 AM

very very easy tutorial im highly impressed from the way Andrew brother illustrated and demonstrated jagged array and now i completely understand, i read 3 ebooks but didnt understand how to use jagged arrays untill now because of their technical jorgans and shitty examples with mathematical complexities :)

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Thanks man - I concur with Haider :-). Still being used through 2011.

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