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)


/* Example of an array having fixed dimensions */
declare A(10) float initial (1, 9, 4, 6, 7, 2, 5, 8, 3, 10);
 
A(6) = -45;
 
/* Example of an array having dynamic bounds. */
get list (N);
 
begin;
   declare B(N) float initial (9, 4, 7, 3, 8, 11, 0, 5, 15, 6);
   B(3) = -11;
   put (B(2));
end;
 
/* Example of a dynamic array. */
   declare C(N) float controlled;
   get list (N);
   allocate C;
   C = 0;
   c(7) = 12;
   put (C(9));