An array is a fixed-size list of values of the same basic type.

Array literals

bool[3] b = [false, false && true || false, true || (1 > 2)];
int[3] c = [72, -4 - 1 - 40, 833 * (99 + 9901) + 8888];
bytes[3] a = [b'ffee', b'11', b'22'];
int[2][3] d = [[11, 12, 13], [21, 22, 23]];

Array dimensions can be ommited, when declared:

int[] e = [1, 4, 2];
int[][] f = [[11, 12, 13], [21, 22, 23]];

Repeat function

The function T[size] repeat(T e, static const int size) returns an array with all size elements set to e, where T can be any type. Note size must be a compile time constant.

// a == [0, 0, 0]
int[3] a = repeat(0, 3);

// arr2D == [[0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0]]
int[2][3] arr2D = repeat(0, 2);

int[4] flags = [false, true, false, true]
flags = repeat(false, 4);   // set all flags to be false

Index operator

A variable index is allowed when reading from an array:

int[3] a = [1, 4, 2];
int idx = 2;
int val = a[idx];

An index value, that is out of bounds will cause contract execution to fail immeadiately.

When writing to an array however, the index operator needs to be a compile-time constant:

a[N] = 3;    // N is a CTC
// or
a[1] = 3;