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Array – a Simple and Efficient Data Structure

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When we are in a situation where we need to store and manipulate a bunch of the same types of data, we need to think about the right data structure to use. Let’s say we want to deal with data representing the same category of things such as students’ names and ages in your school. The data will need to be sorted, queried or searched, and accessed easily. And, we sometimes may need to update or delete some of the data.

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Dai, R. (2019). Array – a Simple and Efficient Data Structure. In: Learn Java with Math. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5209-3_28

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