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Thread: What is this declaration considered?

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    Default What is this declaration considered?

    When you say

    int array[];

    I know that this is declaring an array without a size. Does that mean that this is "Sort" of like a pointer. A slot in memory waiting for an address to fill its value?


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    Default Re: What is this declaration considered?

    Yes. An array is a type of object. Defining an object variable without assigning a value:
    Object anObject;
    The default value would be null;

    The normal java way to define an array is with the [] after the type not the name:
    int[] anArray;
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    Default Re: What is this declaration considered?

    It's more like reserving the variable name than anything else. No significant memory is allocated until the array is initialized (as far as I know).
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