Can anyone show an example what this means

Question

//An array is a collection of variables of the same type that are referenced by a
common name.?//

Answer 1

// When you need to store a list of values, such as numbers, you can store them in an array, instead of declaring separate variables for each number.

int[] arr = {12, 11, 10, 44, 37};

/*
We just have one name for 5 different elements (i.e., arr), if we didn't use arrays here, then we have to declare 5 different variables (like x = 12, y = 11,...) and that results in performance degradation. We can now print any element from our array arr...*/

System.out.print(arr[2]);

Answer 2

@David Your question is already answered in your previous post, have a look at it ^^

Answer 3

thanks dayve, i felt like it was saying that the collection of elements were called a collection of variables when inside an array which i think is a poor way to word it

maby its right in a way for example

array[0] = 12
array[1] = 11
array[2] = 10 ect...

but really its 5 elements in an array that share 1 variable which is distinguished from one another using []