This task is about arrays.

For hashes or associative arrays, please see Creating an Associative Array.

For a definition and in-depth discussion of what an array is, see Array.



Task

Show basic array syntax in your language.

Basically, create an array, assign a value to it, and retrieve an element   (if available, show both fixed-length arrays and
dynamic arrays, pushing a value into it).

Please discuss at Village Pump:   Arrays.

Please merge code in from these obsolete tasks:

   Creating an Array
   Assigning Values to an Array
   Retrieving an Element of an Array


Related tasks

   Collections
   Creating an Associative Array
   Two-dimensional array (runtime)


// Initial creation of an array
set a to (1, 2, 3)
 
// pushing a value to the array
// Both approaches are valid
insert 4 after a
push 5 into a
 
put a -- (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
 
// Treating the array as a stack, using `push` and `pop`
pop a into v1
 
put a -- (1, 2, 3, 4)
put v1-- 5
 
// Treating the array as a queue, using `push` and `pull`
push 6 into a
pull a into v2
 
put a -- (2, 3, 4, 6)
put v2 -- 1
 
// Referencing the items in the array
put the second item of a -- 3
 
// Changing the values in the array
set the third item of a to "abc"
put a -- (2, 3, "abc", 6)