Weird for() statement

[zeny]

Hi everyone! Does anyone can explain the ":" in the for() statement below?

Example:

Integer[] integerArray = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5};

for ( Integer element : integerArray )
System.out.printf( "%s ", element );

Thanks for the attention.

[PLA]

Hi everyone! Does anyone can explain the ":" in the for() statement below?

Example:

Integer[] integerArray = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5};

for ( Integer element : integerArray )
System.out.printf( "%s ", element );

Thanks for the attention.

It's new in Java 5.0, you have the ability to write 'simple' for statement when you iterate over an array or a collection, ':' means 'in' , you should read your line

for each integer element in integerArray do

More info here

[zeny]

Thanks for the explanation PLA, this is indeed a very cool new feature of Java 5.

Java rules!