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)


var .a1 = [1, 2, 3, "abc"]
val .a2 = series 4..10
val .a3 = .a1 ~ .a2
 
writeln "initial values ..."
writeln ".a1: ", .a1
writeln ".a2: ", .a2
writeln ".a3: ", .a3
writeln()
 
.a1[4] = .a2[4]
writeln "after setting .a1[4] = .a2[4] ..."
writeln ".a1: ", .a1
writeln ".a2: ", .a2
writeln ".a3: ", .a3
writeln()
 
writeln ".a2[1]: ", .a2[1]
writeln()
 
writeln "using index alternate ..."
writeln ".a2[5; 0]: ", .a2[5; 0]
writeln ".a2[10; 0]: ", .a2[10; 0]
writeln()