A tutorial on String arrays in Java, plus another way to iterate through an array, and more stuff on references vs. values.

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Code for this tutorial:

public class App {


	public static void main(String[] args) {
		
		// Declare array of (references to) strings.
		String[] words = new String[3];
		
		// Set the array elements (point the references
		// at strings)
		words[0] = "Hello";
		words[1] = "to";
		words[2] = "you";
		
		// Access an array element and print it.
		System.out.println(words[2]);
		
		// Simultaneously declare and initialize an array of strings
		String[] fruits = {"apple", "banana", "pear", "kiwi"};
		
		// Iterate through an array
		for(String fruit: fruits) {
			System.out.println(fruit);
		}
		
		// "Default" value for an integer
		int value = 0;
		
		// Default value for a reference is "null"
		String text = null;
		
		System.out.println(text);
		
		// Declare an array of strings
		String[] texts = new String[2];
		
		// The references to strings in the array
		// are initialized to null.
		System.out.println(texts[0]);
		
		// ... But of course we can set them to actual strings.
		texts[0] = "one";
	}

}

you
apple
banana
pear
kiwi
null
null

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