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)


DEF ai[100] : ARRAY OF CHAR, -> static
    da: PTR TO CHAR,
    la: PTR TO CHAR
 
PROC main()
  da := New(100)
  -> or
  NEW la[100]
  IF da <> NIL
    ai[0] := da[0]    -> first is 0
    ai[99] := da[99]  -> last is "size"-1
    Dispose(da)
  ENDIF
  -> using NEW, we must specify the size even when
  -> "deallocating" the array
  IF la <> NIL THEN END la[100]
ENDPROC