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Thread: Syntax for 3D array enhanced

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    Default Syntax for 3D array enhanced

    I learned 2D arrays si I though I would just take a stab at 3D but I cannot figure out the correct syntax. Here is what I have:
    public class ThreeDArray
    {
    	public static void main(String[] args)
    	{
    		int[][][] x = new int[2][3][4];
    		x[0][0][0] = 5;
    		x[0][1][0] = 3;
    		x[0][2][0] = 1;
    		x[1][0][0] = 5;
    		x[1][1][0] = 3;
    		x[1][2][0] = 1;
     
     
     
    		for(int[] i: x )
    		{
    			for(int j : i)
    			{
    				for(int m : j)
    				{
    					System.out.print(m + " ");
    				}
    			}
    			System.out.println();
     
    		}
     
    	}
    }

    here's the two errors I am getting:
    ThreeDArray.java:15: error: incompatible types
    		for(int[] i: x )
    		             ^
      required: int[]
      found:    int[][]
    ThreeDArray.java:19: error: for-each not applicable to expression type
    				for(int m : j)
    				            ^
      required: array or java.lang.Iterable
      found:    int
    2 errors

    thanks in advance!


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    Default Re: Syntax for 3D array enhanced

    The error message says it all. i should be a reference to a reference i.e with [][] instead of [], and j should have one []
    for(int [][] i : x)
    ...
    for(int[] j : i)
    But I would recommend plain old for loop with a counter for arrays with fixed size such as yours.

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    Default Re: Syntax for 3D array enhanced

    what do you mean by "plain old loop?"

    thanks

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    Default Re: Syntax for 3D array enhanced

    Quote Originally Posted by mwr76 View Post
    what do you mean by "plain old loop?"

    thanks
    I mean something like
    for(int i = 0;i < 2;i++)
      for(int j = 0;j < 3;j++)
          for(int k = 0;k < 4;k++)
              System.out.println(x[i][j][k])
    Personally I find this simpler than the first method and is what is commonly thought as a method of accessing
    fixed size arrays. More here Multi-dimensional arrays in Java

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    Default Re: Syntax for 3D array enhanced

    You can print out contents of nested arrays with java.util.Arrays.deepToString(...), or you can roll your own array-descent code using the for..each style (ideal for this), or you can use loop indexes *but remember to loop from 0 to < array.length* - don't hard-code your array index maxes. For example:
    for (int i = 0; i < arrayIndex.length; i++)
      for (int j = 0; j < arrayIndex[i].length; j++)
      { /* do something */ }

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