package main

import "fmt"

func main() {
	// create an array a that will hold exactly 5 ints.
	// The type of elements and length are both part of the
	// array's type. By default an array is zero-valued.
	var a [5]int
	fmt.Println("emp:", a)

	// we can set a value at an index using the array[index] = value syntax
	// and get a value with array[index]
	a[4] = 100
	fmt.Println("set:", a)
	fmt.Println("get:", a[4])

	// the builtin len returns the length of an array
	fmt.Println("len:", len(a))

	// Use this syntax to declare and initialize an array in one line
	b := [5]int{1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
	fmt.Println("dcl:", b)

	// you can also have the compiler count the number of elements for you with ...
	b = [...]int{1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
	fmt.Println("dcl:", b)

	// if you specify the index with :, the elements in between will be zeroed
	b = [...]int{100, 3: 400, 500}
	fmt.Println("dcl:", b)

	// Array types are one-dimensional, but you can compose types to
	// build multi-dimensional data structures.
	var twoD [2][3]int
	for i := 0; i < 2; i++ {
		for j := 0; j < 3; j++ {
			twoD[i][j] = i + j
		}
	}
	fmt.Println("2d: ", twoD)

	// you can create and initialize multi-dimensional arrays at once too
	twoD = [2][3]int{
		{1, 2, 3},
		{3, 4, 5},
	}
	fmt.Println("2d: ", twoD)
}