Introduction

Array is an ordered, random-access collection type.

Arrays are one of the most commonly used data types in an app. We use the Array type to hold elements of a single type, the array’s Element type. An array can store any kind of elements—from integers to strings to classes.

Syntax

• Array<Element> // The type of an array with elements of type Element
• [Element] // Syntactic sugar for the type of an array with elements of type Element
• [element0, element1, element2, … elementN] // An array literal
• [Element](http://swiftdoc.org/v2.2/type/Array/#init) // Creates a new empty array of type [Element]
• Array(count:repeatedValue:) // Creates an array of count elements, each initialized to repeatedValue
• Array(_:) // Creates an array from an arbitrary sequence

Remarks

Arrays are an ordered collection of values. Values may repeat but must be of the same type.