Arrays

An array is a fixed-size collection of values of the same type.

In Ayla, arrays have a length that is part of their type.

declaring an array

the syntax for an array type is:

[length]Type

Example:

egg x [5]int

This declares an array of:

Length: 5

Type: int

to declare an array type use a type statement:

type Names [5]string

You can initialize an array using a literal:

egg x = [5]int{1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
putln(x)

each value inside {} fills the array in order.

Arrays use zero-based indexing

egg x = [5]int{10, 20, 30, 40, 50}

putln(x[0]) // 10
putln(x[2]) // 30

output:

10
30

the first element is at index 0

egg x = [5]int{1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
x[0] = 100

putln(x[0])

this is very important:

egg a [5]int
egg b [3]int

these are different types.

you cannot assign one to the other

a = b   // type mismatch

Because [5]int and [3]int are not the same type

The zero value of an array is an array where every element is the zero value of its type

Example:

egg x [3]string
putln(x)

This is equivalent to:

[3]string{"", "", ""}