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Figure 4.63: Output of the program

Multidimensional array
One-dimensional array represents linear data structure. In order to represent
n-dimensional structure you are required to use multidimensional array. For example,
we use two dimensional array to describe a matrix or table.

Declaration of two – dimensional array
The syntax to declare two-dimensional array is given as
dataType arrayName[row size][column size];

An example of a two-dimensional array is int matrix[3][3]; The array contains three
elements in a row and four elements in a column. Such an array can be tabulated as
shown in Table 4.16:

Table 4.16: Two-dimensional array

matrix[0][0] matrix[0][1] matrix[0][2]
matrix[1][0] matrix[1][1] matrix[1][2]
matrix[2][0] matrix[2][1] matrix[2][2]

Initialisation of two-dimensional array
Initialise two-dimensional arrays by listing all elements horizontally or arranging
members according to the feature of the array then enclosed them by curl brackets.
Here is the syntax for initialising two-dimensional arrays,
dataType arrayName[row size][column size] = {list of values};

Example: int matrix[1][6] = {0,2, 7, 8, 9, 5}
or
int matrix[3][2]=
{
{0,2},
{7,8},
{9, 5},
};

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