Hi, I have two questions:
1.)Is it true that an rectangular array is really just an single
dimensional array that lets itself be treated as a multi-dimensional
array?
For example the following declaration:
int[,] rectangular = new int[5,10];
has it's memory layout in a sequential contiguous order, so, the above
is one big array consisting of 50 objects stored sequentially in
memory. Am I right?
2.) Jagged Arrays: These are truly, arrays of arrays unlike rectangular
arrays because; jagged arrays are not really stored in a sequential
order except for the first index; Example:
int[][] jagged = new int[5];
declares 5 sequential contiguous references in memory but the
sequential order stops at the following statement:
jagged[0] = new int[10];
the memory layout here is not sequential in order any more. correct?
So my conclusion is that this is the reason you have to type:
new int[] {1,2,3,4,5} ...
In a jagged initializer:
int[][] jagged = new int[][] {
new int[] {1,2,3,4,5},
new int[] {6,7,8,9,10}};
where in a rectangular array the expression:
new int [] {1,2,3,4,5} can be left out of the initializer:
int[,] rectangular = new int[,] {
{1,2,3,4,5},
{6,7,8,9,10}};
for a jagged array but not a rectangular array because a rectangular
array, unlike a jagged one, has it's objects stored in a sequential
order whereas jaggs do not, hence the need for new int[] {1,2,3,4,5}.
I might be coming a little confusing here to some of you but I hope I
got through what I'm trying to say and things like this really matter
to me (trust me) so I need to get this through my head before I move
ahead.
Thanks.
