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-.. highlight:: cpp
-
-.. _lang-array:
-
-Arrays
-======
-
-An array is a collection of variables that are accessed with an index
-number. Arrays in the C++ programming language, in which the Maple is
-programmed, can be complicated, but using simple arrays is relatively
-straightforward.
-
-.. contents:: Contents
- :local:
-
-Creating (Declaring) an Array
------------------------------
-
-All of the methods below are valid ways to create (declare) an
-array. ::
-
- int myInts[6];
- int myPins[] = {2, 4, 8, 3, 6};
- int mySensVals[6] = {2, 4, -8, 3, 2};
- char message[6] = "hello";
-
-You can declare an array without initializing it, as with myInts. In
-the line referring to myPins, we declare an array without explicitly
-choosing a size. The compiler counts the elements and creates an
-array of the appropriate size.
-
-Finally, you can both initialize and size your array, as in
-mySensVals. Note that when declaring an array with elements of type
-char, one more element than your initialization is required, to hold
-the required `null character <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Null-terminated_string>`_.
-
-
-Accessing an Array
-------------------
-
-
-.. compound::
-
- Arrays are **zero indexed**; that is, referring to the array
- initialization above, the first element of the array is at index 0,
- hence ::
-
- mySensVals[0] == 2;
- mySensVals[1] == 4
-
- and so forth.
-
-It also means that in an array with ten elements, index nine is the
-last element. Hence::
-
- int myArray[10]={9,3,2,4,3,2,7,8,9,11};
- // myArray[9] contains 11
- // myArray[10] is invalid and contains random information (other memory address)
-
-For this reason, you should be careful in accessing arrays. Accessing
-past the end of an array (using an index number greater than your
-declared array size - 1) is reading from memory that is in use for
-other purposes. Reading from these locations is probably not going to
-do much except yield invalid data. Writing to random memory locations
-is definitely a bad idea, and can often lead to unhappy results such
-as crashes or program malfunction. This can also be a difficult bug to
-track down.
-
-Unlike Basic or Java, the C compiler does no checking to see if array
-access is within legal bounds of the array size that you have
-declared.
-
-
-To assign a value to an array
------------------------------
- ::
-
- mySensVals[0] = 10;
-
-
-To retrieve a value from an array
----------------------------------
-
- ::
-
- x = mySensVals[4];
-
-
-Arrays and ``for`` Loops
-------------------------
-
-Arrays are often manipulated inside :ref:`for loops <lang-for>`, where
-the loop counter is used as the index for each array element. For
-example, to print the elements of an array over the serial port, you
-could do something like this::
-
- int i;
- for (i = 0; i < 5; i = i + 1) {
- SerialUSB.println(myPins[i]);
- }
-
-
-Example
--------
-
-For a complete program that demonstrates the use of arrays, see the
-Arduino `Knight Rider example
-<http://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/KnightRider>`_\ (which will run
-unmodified on the Maple).
-
-Arduino Compatibility
----------------------
-
-Arrays on Maple are identical those on Arduino.
-
-See Also
---------
-
-- :ref:`Storing arrays in FLASH memory <arm-gcc-attribute-flash>`
-
-.. include:: /arduino-cc-attribution.txt