Arrays

Array type is special composit type containing multiple values of the same base type. We must explicitly specify how many elements could an array contain.

my_array: [5]s32;

You can use [N-1] operator to modify or read each array element but keep in mind that we have only limited count of them specified in type array type definition.

my_array[0] = 10;
my_array[1] = 20;

Our example array of size 5 have memory reserved for 5 elements. Indices of those elements are counted from 0, so maximum posible index is 4. Compiler will internally allocate continuous memory block on stack with propper size. So index 0 points to the very beginning of this memory block, index 1 points to memory block of next element.

You can get address of allocated memory block via .ptr array member field and length of an array via .len field.

N = 5
my_array.len -> yields 5 of s64 type
my_array.ptr -> yields address of element on 0 index of type *s32

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
---------------------
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
---------------------
    ^ .ptr

main :: fn () s32 {
    // This is array variable as consist of 10 numbers of s32 type.
    // In this case we do not initialize the array we only reserve
    // memory enough to handle all values.
    my_array: [10]s32;

    // Use [n] to get or set array element value. Here we set the first
    // (with index 0) to value 10.
    my_array[0] = 10;

    // Set the second element to 20.
    my_array[1] = 20;

    // You can use loop to iterate over all array elements one by one.
    loop i := 0; i < my_array.len; i += 1 {
        // Visit array element on index 'i' and set it's value to 'i'.
        my_array[i] = i;
    }

    // Arrays can be printed directly by print function like this:
    print("my_array is %\n", my_array);



    // Arrays could be initialized in same way like other variables even in 
    // declaration by compound initializer. We can let compiler inver variable 
    // type here like we did with other variables in previous example.
    another_array := {:[4]s32: 1, 2, 3, 4};

    print("another_array is %\n", another_array);



    // Use sizeof operator to determinate size of any type or variable used.
    // In this case sizeof(another_array) returns size of allocated memory
    // block to handle all integers.

    // Get size from value.
    s1 :: sizeof(another_array);
    print("sizeof(another_array) is %B\n", s1);

    // Get size from type.
    s2 :: sizeof([4]s32);
    print("sizeof([4]s32) is %B\n", s2);

    // sizeof is very useful operator especially in cases we want to know
    // how much space we need to allocate for value of desired type, but 
    // there are more use cases of this.


    return 0;
}