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Using an Array
Some programming languages let you initialize an array without a loop.
Instead, you declare an array and its initial data on the same line. This C++
code declares an array that can hold five integers and stores 0 in each array
element:
int lotterynumbers[] = {0, 0, 0, 0, 0};
Storing data
To store data in an array, you need to define two items:
✦ The array name
✦ The array element where you want to store the data
So if you wanted to store data in the first element of a zero-based array, you
could do this:
int myarray[5];
myarray[0] = 357;
If you wanted to store data in the first element of a one-based array, you
could do this:
Dim myarray(5) as Integer
myarray(1) = 357
You can store data in array elements in any order you want, such as storing
the number 47 in the first array element, the number 91 in the fourth array
element, and the number 6 in the second array element, such as
int myarray[5];
myarray[0] = 47;
myarray[3] = 91;
myarray[1] = 6;
Retrieving data
To retrieve data from an array, you need to identify
✦ The array name
✦ The array element number that contains the data you want to retrieve
Suppose you had the following BASIC code that creates an array that stores
three names: