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`array` consists of contiguous memory locations. The lowest address corresponds to the first element and the highest address to the last element.


## Arrays in C++

C++ provides a data structure, `array`, which stores a fixed-size sequential collection of elements of the same data-type. An `array` is used to store a collection of data, but it is better to think of an `array` as a collection of variables of the same type.

#### Declaration of `array`

```c++
int intarray[10]; // Declares an array of integer type of size 10 with elements having random values. Index ranges from 0 to 9(i.e. size-1).
int intarray[10] = { 0 }; // Declares an array of integer of size 10 with all elements having value 0

// Choose one the two declarations and then move ahead.
```
#### Inserting elements to `array`:
```c++
intarray[0] = 1; // Inserts an integer value of 1 at index 0
intarray[1] = 0; // Inserts an integer value of 0 at index 1
intarray[2] = -1; // Inserts an integer value of -1 at index 2
intarray[3] = 1; // Inserts an integer value of 1 at index 3
```

#### Printing an `array`:

```c++
std::cout << intarray[0] << std::endl; // Returns 1 which is element at index of the array
std::cout << intarray[11] << std::endl; // Would give a a "Garbage" value as there is no element at index 11 of array.
// That memory location is beyond the range of the array.

// To print all the elements of the array
for(int i = 0; i < n; i++)
std::cout << intarray[i] << std::endl;
```

#### Basic operations on `array`:

```c++
std::cout << sizeof(intarray)/sizeof(intarray[0]) << std::endl; // Returns the length of the array i.e. 10.
std::cout << sizeof(intarray[0]) << std::endl; // Returns length in bytes of one array item i.e. 4 as it is an integer
```

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## Arrays in Python

Python doesn't have a native `array` data structure. An `array` in Python should not be confused with `list`. The major difference between a `list`
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intarray = array('i') # Declares an array of integer type
```

#### Adding elements to `array`:
#### Inserting elements to `array`:

```python
intarray.append(1) # Adds an integer value of 1 to the array
intarray.append(0) # Adds an integer value of 0 to the array
intarray.append(-1) # Adds an integer value of -1 to the array
intarray.append(1) # Again adds an integer value of 1 to the array
intarray.append(1) # Inserts an integer value of 1 to the array
intarray.append(0) # Inserts an integer value of 0 to the array
intarray.append(-1) # Inserts an integer value of -1 to the array
intarray.append(1) # Inserts an integer value of 1 to the array

intarray.append('d') # Would give a TypeError as the array is of integer type.
intarray.append('d') # Would give a TypeError as the array is of integer type.

#Resolve the above error and then move ahead.
```

#### Printing an `array`:
#### Printing an `array`:

```python
print(intarray) # Returns array('i', [1, 4, -1])
print(intarray[0]) # Returns 1 which is the element at index 0 of the array
print(intarray[3]) # Would give IndexError as there is no element at index 3 of array.
print(intarray[3]) # Would give IndexError as there is no element at index 3 of array.

#Resolve the above error and then move ahead.

# To print all the elements of the array
for i in intarray:
print(i)
```

#### Basic operations on `array`:
#### Basic operations on `array`:

```python
len(intarray) # Returns the length of the array i.e. 3
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intarray.insert(1, 3) # Insert a new item with value x in the array before position i
intarray.remove(1) # Remove the first occurrence of 1 from the array
intarray.reverse() # Reverse the order of the items in the array
intarray.pop(1) # Removes the item with the index 1 from the array and returns it
intarray.pop(1) # Removes the item with the index 1 from the array and returns it
```

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