jagged array

But the pieces settled in his mind, in sudden jagged array of further questions.

In Python, jagged arrays are not native but one can use list comprehensions to create a multi-dimensional list which supports any dimensional matrix:

They can also be used to implement jagged arrays, such as triangular arrays, triangular matrices and other kinds of irregularly shaped arrays.

Another difference is that the entire multidimensional array can be allocated with a single application of operator , while jagged arrays require loops and allocations for every dimension.

Its snout was wildly out of proportion to its body-almost the snout of an alligator-and it was split open to show a jagged array of teeth.

NET introduced the concept of a jagged array, whereby the rows can have unequal length as opposed to the uniform length of arrays imposed on Visual Basic programmers.

This alternative structure allows jagged arrays, where each row may have a different size - or, in general, where the valid range of each index depends on the values of all preceding indices.

Note, though, that Java provides a syntactic construct for allocating a jagged array with regular lengths; the loops and multiple allocations are then performed by the virtual machine and need not be explicit at the source level.

Multidimensional arrays can in some cases increase performance because of increased locality (as there is a single pointer dereference instead of one for every dimension of the array, as is the case for jagged arrays).

In computer science, a jagged array, also known as a ragged array, is an array of arrays of which the member arrays can be of different sizes, producing rows of jagged edges when visualized as output.

Up there they could see the trees and rooftops of the city, and the jagged array of boulders standing on the black skysill It was the last hour of twilight, and except for a wedge of lavender in the west the sky was a rich midnight blue, liberally flecked with stars.