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)


 
--Arrays task for Rosetta Code wiki
--User:Lnettnay
 
atom dummy
--Arrays are sequences
-- single dimensioned array of 10 elements
sequence xarray = repeat(0,10)
xarray[5] = 5
dummy = xarray[5]
? dummy
 
--2 dimensional array
--5 sequences of 10 elements each
sequence xyarray = repeat(repeat(0,10),5)
xyarray[3][6] = 12
dummy = xyarray[3][6]
? dummy
 
--dynamic array use (all sequences can be modified at any time)
sequence dynarray = {}
for x = 1 to 10 do  
        dynarray = append(dynarray, x * x)
end for
? dynarray  
 
for x = 1 to 10 do
        dynarray = prepend(dynarray, x)
end for
? dynarray
 