Arrays

Suppose I wanted to keep track of the test scores for a class of 100 students. I could create a separate int variable for each one:

If I wanted to calculate the average, I would have to write code that looks like this:

Luckily, there is an easier way to do this using an array!
To keep things simple, we'll start with a class of just 5 students:


  public static void main(String[] args) {
  
    final int MAX_STUDENTS = 5;

    int[] testScores = new int[MAX_STUDENTS];
    
    testScores[0] = 95;
    
    testScores[1] = 80;
    
    testScores[2] = 85;
    
    testScores[3] = 70;
    
    testScores[4] = 90;
    












    
    System.out.println("Test average: " + average);
    
  }
  
PROGRAM OUTPUT:

csc% java Test
Test average: 84.0

We can use an "initializer list" to create an array and give it values at the same time:
    
    int[] testScores = {95, 80, 85, 70, 90};
    

We can find how the number of items in an array by using the length variable (every
array in Java has its own length variable):
    
     int numberOfScores = testScores.length;
    

We can create another name (reference) for an array and use it to access the same array:
    
     int[] listOfScores = testScores;
     
     listOfScores[3] = 50;
    
        
How could we create an array called numbers that contains the values 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90,
100? 
 















public class Array {

  
  
  /**
   * Returns the sum of the values in the array
   */
  public static int sum(int[] array) {
    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
  }
  
  
  
  
  /**
   * Returns the minimum value in the array
   */
  public static int min(int[] array) {













  }
  
  /**
   * Returns a String representing the array
   * For example: [2, 4, 9]
   */
  public static String getString(int[] array) {
   
   
   
   
   
   


 
 
 
 
   
   
   
   
   
   
  }
  /**
   * Returns a copy of the array
   */
  public static int[] copy(int[] array) {
   
   
   
 




   
   
   
   
   
   
  }
  /**
   * Returns a copy of the array in reverse order
   */
  public static int[] reverse(int[] array) {
     
     
     










     
     
  }
  public static void main(String[] args) {
  
    int[] array = { 3, 5, 2, 8, 1, 6, 7, 9, 10};
    System.out.println("Minimum value: " + min(array));
    System.out.println("Sum: " + sum(array));
    System.out.println("Original array:   " + 
                        getString(array));
    int[] copyOfArray = copy(array);
    System.out.println("Copy of array:    " +  
    getString(copyOfArray));
    int[] reverseOfArray = reverse(array);
    System.out.println("Reverse of array: " +  
    getString(reverseOfArray));
  }
}

PROGRAM OUTPUT:
csc% java Array

Minimum value: 1
Sum: 51
Original array:   [3, 5, 2, 8, 1, 6, 7, 9, 10]
Copy of array:    [3, 5, 2, 8, 1, 6, 7, 9, 10]
Reverse of array: [10, 9, 7, 6, 1, 8, 2, 5, 3]