Shortcuts

We know how to declare and instantiate a single array.

String[] lz = {"Robert", "Jimmy", "John", "John Paul"};

We can do the same with 2-d arrays.

String[] lz = {"Robert", "Jimmy", "John", "John Paul"};
String[] im = {"Bruce", "Nicko", "Janick", "Adrian", "Dave", "Steve"};
String[] gnr = {"Axl", "Slash", "Izzy", "Steven", "Duff"};

String [][] bands = {lz, im, gnr};

We have taken our three arrays and used the array shortcut { } to put them in a 2-d array.

We could do the same thing in a single statement.

String [][] legends = {
    {"Robert", "Jimmy", "John", "John Paul"} ,  // same as lz
    {"Bruce", "Nicko", "Janick", "Adrian", "Dave", "Steve"} ,  // same as im
    {"Axl", "Slash", "Izzy", "Steven", "Duff"}  // same as gnr
};

This simply uses the { } array shortcut around arrays of Strings created with the { } shortcut (note the comma between each array of Strings.)

Drill

This is a pen and paper or whiteboard drill. * Draw a graphical representation of the legends array. * Declare a variable and assign "Nicko" to it from the legends array. * Declare a variable and assign "Duff" to it from the legends array.

(Solution: AdvancedArrays/com.example.advancedarrays.solutions/legendsSkillPP.png

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