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A variable is either a primitive type such as int, float or double, or it is an object.
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Arrays are objects, but have a special syntax for creating and indexing, more like C and C++.
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int states [ ]; declares the states variable to be a 1D array of ints
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states = new int [ 128 ]; creates the new 1D array of length 128
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states [ 27 ] = i + 1; assigning to an element
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Multi-dimensional arrays are arrays of arrays
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char states [ ] [ ] = new char [12 ] [ 24 ]; delaring and creating at the same time
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they can also be "ragged"
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Arrays can have values that are any type of object
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Color hues = new Color [ 1024 ];
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