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### array

#### Synopsis

In type definitions:

    array [index_type] of element_type

or

    array [index_type, ..., index_type] of element_type

In parameter list declarations:

    array of element_type

#### Description

The reserved word `array` is used to define an array type.

@@conformant/open arrays

#### Conforming to

Array types are defined in ISO 7185 Pascal.

#### Example

    program ArrayDemo;
    type
      IntArray = array [1 .. 20] of Integer;
      WeekDayChars = array [(Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun)] of Char;
      Foo = array [0 .. 9, 'a' .. 'z', (Baz, Glork1, Fred)] of Real;
      TwoDimIntArray = array [1 .. 10] of IntArray;
      { is equivalent to: }
      TwoDimIntArray2 = array [1 .. 10, 1 .. 20] of Integer;

    procedure PrintChars (F: array of Char);
    var
      i: Integer;
    begin
      for i := Low (F) to High (F) do
        WriteLn (F[i])
    end;

    var
      Waldo: WeekDayChars;

    begin
      Waldo := 'HiWorld';
      PrintChars (Waldo)
    end.

#### See also

Keywords, Array Types, High, Low