What are arrays in Julia?
In this shot, we will learn about arrays in Julia.
An array is an ordered collection of items.
In Julia, we can create arrays that hold multiple types of values, or we can restrict them to hold a single type of value.
There are two types of arrays in Julia:
- One-dimensional arrays: These arrays have only one dimension.
- Multidimensional arrays: These arrays have two or more dimensions.
Syntax
We can declare a one-dimensional array either like this:
array_name = type_of_array[value1, value2, value3]
Or this:
array_name = [value1, value2, value3]
where some examples of type_of_array are Int64, Float64, and so on, and comma-separated values are provided between the square brackets [].
We can declare a two-dimensional array either like this:
array_name = type_of_array[value1, value2, value3 ; value4, value5, value6]
Or this:
array_name = [value1, value2, value3 ; value4, value5, value6]
where values are separated by a space and every row is separated using a semicolon (;).
Example of a one-dimensional array
In the following example, we are creating a one-dimensional array, integer_array, which is of type Int64. This means that we are restricting it to store only values of type Int64. In the example, we are also creating a string array named string_array and storing string values in it.
#declare and initialize the single dimensional arrayinteger_array = Int64[1000,2000, 3000, 4000]string_array = ["Adam", "Eve", "Sara"]print(integer_array)print("\n")print(string_array)
Example of a two-dimensional array
In the following example, we are creating a two-dimensional array of type Int64, where each of the values are separated by a space and all of the rows are separated by semicolons (;).
#declare and initialize the two dimensional arrayinteger_array = Int64[1000 2000 3000 ; 4000 5000 6000]#use display to pretty print the 2d arraydisplay(integer_array)
Access an element
In Julia, the index of arrays starts from 1, unlike in other languages where the index starts from 0.
We can access any element by providing its index between square brackets.
The syntax for a one-dimensional array
array_name[index_of_the_element]
The syntax for a two-dimensional array
array_name[row][column]
We can access a two-dimensional array using its row and column indices.
Let’s look at an example of how we can access an element from an array in Julia:
#declare and initialize the single dimensional arrayinteger_array_1d = Int64[1000, 2000, 3000, 4000]#access element at second postionprintln(integer_array_1d[2])#declare and initialize the two dimensional arrayinteger_array_2d = Int64[1000 2000 3000 ; 4000 5000 6000]#access element at second row, first columnprintln(integer_array_2d[2][1])
