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)


// Create a new integer array with capacity 10
val a = new Array[Int](10)
 
// Create a new array containing specified items
val b = Array("foo", "bar", "baz")
 
// Assign a value to element zero
a(0) = 42
 
// Retrieve item at element 2
val c = b(2)