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Two Dimensoinal Array

The document discusses two dimensional arrays in C++, including what they are, how to declare and initialize them, and providing an example. A two dimensional array can be thought of as a grid or table with rows and columns that is declared as an array of arrays. The document demonstrates how to declare and initialize a two dimensional array at compile time by specifying the data type, array name, number of rows and columns, and initializing the values.

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Two Dimensoinal Array

The document discusses two dimensional arrays in C++, including what they are, how to declare and initialize them, and providing an example. A two dimensional array can be thought of as a grid or table with rows and columns that is declared as an array of arrays. The document demonstrates how to declare and initialize a two dimensional array at compile time by specifying the data type, array name, number of rows and columns, and initializing the values.

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UNIT1 :

Two Dimensional Array in C+++


Adjectives of this unit
- What is two dimensional array ?
- Declaration of two dimensional array .
- Initializing two dimensional array .
- Example of two dimensional array.

T.SUB: Abdulmalik A Alsarori


Two Dimensional Array in C++

 The two-dimensional array can be defined as


an array of arrays. The 2D array is organized
as matrices which can be represented as the
collection of rows and columns.
 However, 2D arrays are created to
implement a relational database lookalike
data structure. It provides ease of holding
the bulk of data at once which can be passed
to any number of functions wherever
required.
Two Dimensional Array in C++
 A one-dimensional array can be seen as
data elements organised in a row. A two-
dimensional array is similar to a one-
dimensional array, but it can be visualised
as a grid (or table) with rows and
columns.
Declaration of two dimensional Array in
C++

 To declare an array in C++, you need to


define
- The data type of elements in the array
- The name of the array
- The size of the array
 Syntax:
Data_type Array_Name [rows][columns];
Note :
size of rows and columns are any positive
integer or constant variable.
Example
 For Example:
define size of rows =3
define size of columns =3
int arr[SIZE];
Suppose, we have array int score[2][3] as
shown in below figure:
Initializing Two Dimensional Array
 we can initialize one-dimensional array at
compile time and at run time.
 Compile Time Initialization:
Arrays can be initialized at the time they
are declared.
This is also known as compile-time
initialization.
- int a[2][3] =
{ {0, 2, 1} , /* row at index 0
*/ {4, 3, 7} , /* row at index 1 */ };
Initializing Two Dimensional Array
 There are two ways in which a Two-Dimensional
array can be initialized.
- First Method.
- Better Method.
 First method

int x[3][4] = {0, 1 ,2 ,3 ,4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11}

The above array have 3 rows and 4 columns. The


elements in the braces from left to right are stored in
the table also from left to right. The elements will be
filled in the array in the order, first 4 elements from the
left in first row, next 4 elements in second row and so
on.
 Better Method
int x[3][4] = {{0,1,2,3}, {4,5,6,7}, {8,9,10,11}};

This type of initialization make use of nested


braces. Each set of inner braces represents one
row. In the above example there are total three
rows so there are three sets of inner braces.
Initializing Two Dimensional Array
 Run Time Initialization:
An array can be explicitly initialized at run time. This approach
is usually applied for initializing large arrays.
 example: int x[3][2];
for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
{
for (int j = 0; j < 2; j++)
{
cout << "Element at x[" << i
<< "][" << j << "]: ";
cout << x[i][j]<<endl;
}
}
Initializing Two Dimensional Array
matrix x output

(0,0) 0 1 (0,1)

(1,0) 2 3 (1,1)

(2,0) 4 5 (2,1)

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