java two dimensional array initialization code example

Example 1: Multidimensional array in java

// two dimensional string array in java example
public class TwoDimensionalStringArray 
{
   public static void main(String[] args) 
   {
      String[][] animals = {
              { "Lion", "Tiger", "Cheetah" },
              { "Deer", "Jackal", "Bear" },
              { "Hyena", "Fox", "Elephant" } };
      for(int a = 0; a < animals.length; a++) 
      {
         System.out.print(animals[a][0] + " ");
         for(int b = 1; b < animals[a].length; b++) 
         {
            System.out.print(animals[a][b] + " ");
         }
         System.out.println();
      }
   }
}

Example 2: Java 2d array initialization

class TwoDimensionalArray {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String[][] salutation = {
            {"Mr. ", "Mrs. ", "Ms. "},
            {"Kumar"}
        };

        // Mr. Kumar
        System.out.println(salutation[0][0] + salutation[1][0]);

        // Mrs. Kumar
        System.out.println(salutation[0][1] + salutation[1][0]);
    }
}

The output from this program is:

Mr. Kumar
Mrs. Kumar

Example 3: how to initialize one dimensional array in java

int[] a; // valid declaration
int b[]; // valid declaration 
int[] c; // valid declaration

Example 4: Multidimensional array in java

// Syntax Multidimensional array in java
datatype[1][2]...[nth dimension] arrayname = new datatype[1][2]...[nth size];