RosettaCodeData/Task/Arrays/ALGOL-W/arrays.alg

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begin
% declare an array %
integer array a ( 1 :: 10 );
% set the values %
for i := 1 until 10 do a( i ) := i;
% change the 3rd element %
a( 3 ) := 27;
% display the 4th element %
write( a( 4 ) ); % would show 4 %
% arrays with sizes not known at compile-time must be created in inner-blocks or procedures %
begin
integer array b ( a( 3 ) - 2 :: a( 3 ) ); % b has bounds 25 :: 27 %
for i := a( 3 ) - 2 until a( 3 ) do b( i ) := i
end
% arrays cannot be part of records and cannot be returned by procecures though they can be passed %
% as parameters to procedures %
% multi-dimension arrays are supported %
end.