1#include <iostream>
2#include <array> //for using std::array
3
4int main()
5{
6
7 int example[5];//array on stack
8 int* another = new int[5];//array on heap
9 delete[] another;//freeing up memory on heap
10 example[0] = 1;
11 example[1] = 2;
12 example[2] = 3;
13 example[3] = 4;
14 for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
15 example[i] = 2;
16 }
17 int* ptr = example;//arrays are just pointers to the begining of the block of memory
18 example[2] = 5;
19 *(ptr + 2) = 6;//adding 4+4 bytes to ptr
20 std::cout << example[2] << std::endl;//output => 6
21 *(int*)((char*)ptr + 8) = 8;//adding 8 bytes to ptr using ptr arithmetic
22 std::cout << example[2] << std::endl;//output => 8
23 //std::array provide some additional functionality like bounce checking size checking but do have a performance overhead
24 std::array<int,5> stda;//creating an array named stda of int 5 size
25 std::cout << stda.size() << std::endl;//will output size of std::array ,output =>5
26 std::cin.get();
27}