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In this example i'm showing you how to create a 2d array ( Two Dimensional Array )

First you must declare a 2d String array like this:

Code

GeSHi (java):
String[][] personHolder = new String[3][4]
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This means that the string can hold 3 items and in each of the item it can hold 4 other items.

After that add data to the string array like this:

Code

GeSHi (java):
personHolder[1][0] = "Amber";
personHolder[1][1] = "F";
personHolder[1][2] = "12 April 1992";
personHolder[1][3] = "Single";
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To show the 2d array you can create a for loop to display the contents of the array like this:

Code

GeSHi (java):
for(int i = 1; i < 3; i++){
for(int j = 0; j <= personHolder.length; j++){
System.out.println(personHolder[0][j] + " " + personHolder[i][j]);
}
System.out.println();
}
 
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Sourcecode:

Code

GeSHi (java):
public class TwoDimensionalArray {
public static void main(String[] args){
String[][] personHolder = new String[3][4];
personHolder[0][0] = "Name:    \t";
personHolder[0][1] = "Gender:    \t";
personHolder[0][2] = "Day Of Birth:\t";
personHolder[0][3] = "Status:    \t";
personHolder[1][0] = "Amber";
personHolder[1][1] = "F";
personHolder[1][2] = "12 April 1992";
personHolder[1][3] = "Single";
personHolder[2][0] = "Peter";
personHolder[2][1] = "M";
personHolder[2][2] = "12 April 1980";
personHolder[2][3] = "Married";
//loop starts at one because you only want to show the persons
for(int i = 1; i < 3; i++){
for(int j = 0; j <= personHolder.length; j++){
System.out.println(personHolder[0][j] + " " + personHolder[i][j]);
}
System.out.println();
}
}
}
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Output:
Name:         Amber
Gender:         F
Day Of Birth:     12 April 1992
Status:         Single

Name:         Peter
Gender:         M
Day Of Birth:     12 April 1980
Status:         Married

I posted this a few months ago on my blog here: http://www.engineeringser...how-to-create-a-2d-array/ but i wanted to post it here also for those that want to know how to create 2d string arrays.