Using Primitive Arrays public class UsingPrimitiveArrays { public static void main( String[] args ) { // declare an array int[] bags; // create and assign array with 10 elements bags = new int[5]; // declare, create and assign array in one step float[] balances = new float[4]; /** * Note that both the 'bags' and 'balances' arrays * are initialised with the default values which for * ints and float are zero */ // assign bags new values bags = new int[]{5, 10, 15, 20, 25}; // here is a shorthand for declaring an array, // and assigning values. note that the omission // of the new statement can only be done if declaration // and assignment take place within one statement int[] sacks = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}; // and to get the length of the array // java provides a special property on arrays // NOTE: length is not a method, hence no parenthesis System.out.println( "The number of sacks is: " + sacks.length ); // accessing arrays for( int i = 0; i < bags.length; i++ ) { System.out.println( bags[i] ); } } }