There are many situations where you would need to define and use multi-dimensional arrays (i.e., arrays whose elements are arrays). For example, matrices and tables are examples of structures that can be realized as two-dimensional arrays.
The following is the example of defining a two-dimensional array −
var myMatrix = ofDim[Int](3,3)
This is an array that has three elements each being an array of integers that has three elements.
Try the following example program to process a multi-dimensional array −
import Array._ object Demo { def main(args: Array[String]) { var myMatrix = ofDim[Int](3,3) // build a matrix for (i <- 0 to 2) { for ( j <- 0 to 2) { myMatrix(i)(j) = j; } } // Print two dimensional array for (i <- 0 to 2) { for ( j <- 0 to 2) { print(" " + myMatrix(i)(j)); } println(); } } }
Save the above program in Demo.scala. The following commands are used to compile and execute this program.
\>scalac Demo.scala \>scala Demo
0 1 2 0 1 2 0 1 2