import java.util.Arrays;

public class ArrayExample {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		// array of strings
		/*
		 * String[] names = new String[5]; names[0] = "Sara"; names[1] =
		 * "Susan"; names[2] = "Lam"; names[3] = "Aaron"; names[4] = "Chris";
		 */

		// another way
		String[] names = { "Sara", "Susan", "Lam", "Aaron", "Chris" };

		// Print the array with the format
		// Sara, Susan, Lam, Aaron, Chris

		// names.length is the number of elements in the array
		// here 5
		printArray(names);
		
		// can also use the Arrays class
		// the method toString in Arrays returns a string
		// representation of the given array
		String s = Arrays.toString(names);
		System.out.println("\n" + s);

	}
	/**
	 * prints the given array with the format
	 * s[0], s[1], s[2], ..., s[s.length - 1]
	 */
	public static void printArray(String[] s) {
		for (int i = 0; i < s.length; i++) {
			if (i < s.length - 1) {
				System.out.print(s[i] + ", ");
			} else {
				System.out.print(s[i]);
			}
		}

	}
}