There are many situations where you would need to define and use multi-dimensional arrays (i.e., arrays whose elements are arrays). For example, matrices and tables are examples of structures that can be realized as two-dimensional arrays.

The following is the example of defining a two-dimensional array −

var myMatrix = ofDim[Int](3,3)

This is an array that has three elements each being an array of integers that has three elements.

Try the following example program to process a multi-dimensional array −

Example

import Array._
object Demo {
   def main(args: Array[String]) {
      var myMatrix = ofDim[Int](3,3)
      // build a matrix
      for (i <- 0 to 2) {
         for ( j <- 0 to 2) {
            myMatrix(i)(j) = j;
         }
      }
      // Print two dimensional array
      for (i <- 0 to 2) {
         for ( j <- 0 to 2) {
            print(" " &plus; myMatrix(i)(j));
         }
         println();
      }
   }
}

Save the above program in Demo.scala. The following commands are used to compile and execute this program.

Command

>scalac Demo.scala
>scala Demo

Output

0 1 2
0 1 2
0 1 2