Computer Science Canada Arrays |
| Author: | marshmallow [ Tue Jan 03, 2006 1:23 am ] |
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Is there any way to create an array with a long variable as the number of positions? If you don't know what I mean by that (Since I'm not great at explanations.): I have this: boolean primes[] = new boolean [num + 1]; But I wanted to have num be a long type variable rather than int. Why doesn't it let me do that? And is there any way to get around this? |
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| Author: | wtd [ Tue Jan 03, 2006 1:33 am ] |
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No, you cannot. This is a limitation imposed by the language that you'll have to deal with. Is there any particular reason you need an array that big? |
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| Author: | marshmallow [ Tue Jan 03, 2006 1:36 am ] |
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The size of the array is based on the user's input, so I was just trying to see if I could make it a larger number if need be. But it's not crucial. Thanks for the help. |
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| Author: | Andy [ Thu Jan 05, 2006 11:31 am ] |
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int goes up to 2 billion something.. for somereason, i doubt u need that many elements... |
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