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Thread: Output of 2 identical two-dimensional arrays print their tables differently

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    Default Output of 2 identical two-dimensional arrays print their tables differently

    I have 2 two-dimensional arrays of integers (the same numbers are placed in the same index spots). They're both using enhanced for loops to print their tables, but they don't print the same.
    package randomExperiments;
     
    import java.util.Scanner;
    import java.util.Arrays;
    import java.util.Random;
    import java.lang.StringBuilder;
    import java.text.DecimalFormat;
     
    import static randomExperiments.StaticMethodExample.*;
     
    public class RandomExperiments {
     
    	public static void main(String[] args){
     
    		//Two dimensional array:
    		int rowCount = 2, columnCount = 4;
    		int[][] numsTable = new int[rowCount][columnCount];
    		numsTable[0][0] = 9;
    		numsTable[0][1] = 7;
    		numsTable[0][2] = 0;
    		numsTable[0][3] = 3;
    		numsTable[1][0] = 4;
    		numsTable[1][1] = 0;
    		numsTable[1][2] = 3;
    		numsTable[1][3] = 1;
    		//In one statement:
    		int[][] numsTableAgain = { {9,7}, {0,3}, {4,0}, {3,1} };
     
    		for(int[] row : numsTable) {
    			for(int column : row) {//for each column of the current row
    				System.out.print("[" + column + "]" + " ");
    			}
    			System.out.println("\n");
    		}
    		for(int[] row : numsTableAgain) {
    			for(int column : row) {//for each column of the current row
    				System.out.print("[" + column + "]" + " ");
    			}
    			System.out.println("\n");
    		}		
    	}
    }

    The output in the console looks like this:

    [9] [7] [0] [3]

    [4] [0] [3] [1]

    [9] [7]

    [0] [3]

    [4] [0]

    [3] [1]


    Why does one print a 2x4 table, and the other print a 4x2 table? Is it possible to make them both print a 2x4 table?

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    Default Re: Output of 2 identical two-dimensional arrays print their tables differently

    make them both print a 2x4 table?
    Change numsTableAgain so that it is a 2x4 array instead of being a 4x2 array.
    In other words, it should have 2 rows with 4 elements in each row.
    Now it has 4 rows with 2 elements in each row.

    To see another representation of a 2 dim array use the Arrays class's deepToString method.
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    Default Re: Output of 2 identical two-dimensional arrays print their tables differently

    I'm having another array printing issue. My attempt for this program was to prove to both the user and the program that the array copied successfully:
    package samsExperiments;
     
    import java.util.Scanner;
    import java.util.Arrays;
    import java.util.Random;
     
    import static samsExperiments.StaticMethodExample.*;
     
    import java.lang.StringBuilder;
    import java.text.DecimalFormat;
    import java.util.Arrays;
    import java.util.InputMismatchException;
     
    import customExceptions.IntegerOutOfRangeException;
     
    public class SamsExperimentsMain {
     
    	public static void main(String[] args){
     
    		int[] myInts = {5,5,8,0,7,4,1,1};
    		System.out.println("The original int array numbers are:");
    		for(int i = 0; i < myInts.length; i++) {
    			if(i == myInts.length) {
    				System.out.println(myInts[i]);//print last value without a comma in front of it
    			}
    			else {
    				System.out.print(myInts[i] + ", ");
    			}
    		}
     
    		System.out.println();
     
    		System.out.println("The numbers of the copy of that int array are:");
    		int[] copyOfMyInts = Arrays.copyOf(myInts, 8);
    		for(int i = 0; i < copyOfMyInts.length; i++) {
    			if(i == copyOfMyInts.length) {
    				System.out.println(copyOfMyInts[i]);//print last value without a comma in front of it
    			}
    			else {
    				System.out.print(copyOfMyInts[i] + ", ");
    			}			
    		}
    		System.out.println("We will now test if our program also saw that the arrays are both the same:");
    		if(Arrays.equals(myInts, copyOfMyInts)) {
    			System.out.println("Array myInts successfully copied.");
    		}
    		else {
    			System.out.println("Sorry, the values don't match. copyOf failed.");
    		}		
    	}
    }

    However, the output looks like this:

    The original int array numbers are:
    5, 5, 8, 0, 7, 4, 1, 1,
    The numbers of the copy of that int array are:
    5, 5, 8, 0, 7, 4, 1, 1, We will now test if our program also saw that the arrays are both the same:
    Array myInts successfully copied.


    My question is, why does it not look like this:

    5, 5, 8, 0, 7, 4, 1, 1
    The numbers of the copy of that int array are:
    5, 5, 8, 0, 7, 4, 1, 1
    We will now test if our program also saw that the arrays are both the same:
    Array myInts successfully copied.

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    Default Re: Output of 2 identical two-dimensional arrays print their tables differently

    why does it not look like this:
    Can you explain what it is you want to change?
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    Default Re: Output of 2 identical two-dimensional arrays print their tables differently

    Whenever you print out a series of items with delimiters (like commas) you need to take care to not print a trailing one when you print the last item.

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