Initialise array - brackets before or after identifier?

Asked Feb 14 '20 at 00:14

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I think I have seen both patterns in Java:

int array[] = { 1, 2, 3 };
int[] array = { 1, 2, 3 };

Are they both correct? Why are they both correct? Is one of them preferred/recommended?

My question is: when does the [] go after the type, and when does the [] go after the identifier when initialising arrays?

asked Feb 14 '20 at 00:14

theonlygusti

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Multidimensional arrays add even more spice: `int[][] array`, `int[] array[]`, `int []array[]` – ernest_k Feb 14 '20 at 00:21
@ernest_k `int array[][]` too? – theonlygusti Feb 14 '20 at 00:22
Yep, that too . – ernest_k Feb 14 '20 at 00:29

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