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| Programmers may need to use arrays with more than two
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| [1] | A Maths exam marks of some pupils may be stored in a one-dimensional
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To find one of the marks you only need to know the pupil... | |
| [2] | If more subjects are included, then the data needs to be stored in a two-dimensional array... | |
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To find one of the marks, you need to know the pupil and the subject. | |
| [3] | If the exam marks for these subjects are also stored for each year the pupils are in school, then the data needs to be stored in a three dimensional array... | |
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To find one of the marks, you need to know the pupil, the subject and the year. | |
| ...dimensions greater than three are possible and programmers will often use arrays with a large number of dimensions. | ||
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