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Java Nesting Loops

String [] in Java

someone please remind me what the [ ] is. A method?

Sean Smith
Sean Smith
13,797 Points

[] indicates a data type of Array.

You can check this link: https://www.tutorialspoint.com/java/java_arrays.htm , if there is something you don't understand there feel free to ask.

1 Answer

andren
andren
28,558 Points

[] just denotes that it is an array (collection of objects) rather than a single object.

So String[] is a array of Strings, int[] is a array of ints, etc.