Szathmáry László honlapja @ DEIK | DLang / Static vs. dynamic array

(1) static vs. dynamic array
import std.stdio; // static array in D void main() { int[3] scores; writeln(scores); // [0, 0, 0] int[5] numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]; writeln(numbers); // [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] numbers = 1; // set ALL elements to 1 writeln(numbers); // [1, 1, 1, 1, 1] }	import std.stdio; // dynamic array in D void main() { int[] numbers; writeln(numbers); // [] writeln(numbers.length); // 0 numbers.length = 5; writeln(numbers); // [0, 0, 0, 0, 0] int[] scores; scores ~= 1; scores ~= 2; scores ~= 3; writeln(scores); // [1, 2, 3] }

In Python, a dynamic array is called a list. In D, a dynamic array is also called a slice.

Throughout these notes, I'll use the terms list and slice as synonyms to denote dynamic arrays.