Multi-Dimensional Arrays

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I am working in Java and am wondering, are multi-dimensional arrays like grids where rows are elements and columns are dimensions, or are they hyper-geometric figures that we can't see?

Ryan Guill · Accepted Answer · 2009-03-19 14:16:44Z

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A 1D array is like a list, a 2D array is like a table with columns and rows, a 3D array is like a cube, x, y and z and anything more than that would be hyper-geometric. You could represent a cube with time with a 4D array.

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Michael Brewer-Davis · Accepted Answer · 2009-03-19 15:32:33Z

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Sometimes it's useful to think of multidimensional arrays as geometric: lists, tables, cubes. Other times, such as when the arrays aren't of equal length, it's not. They might be:

lists of tables
lists of lists of lists
tables of cubes

At some (early) point it's time to make some classes.

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Matt Davison · Accepted Answer · 2009-03-19 14:17:55Z

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Depends on how many dimensions you create the array with. Obviously you can create a 2 dimensional array that is a table.

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