Collections

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Collections
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Collections are used to store objects and not primitive types.


Java

  ArrayList arrayList = new ArrayList();
  arrayList.add(new Integer(0));

Perl

Interpreter: Perl

In perl any variable can contain whats called in perl a reference to any other simple or complex variable structure, including objects.

PHP

  $students = array();
  array_push($students, array('name' => 'Joe Smith', 'age' => 21, height=> '72.5', gpa => 3.42 ));

Python

Interpreter: Python 2.5

In Python practically everything is an object, so using any of the provided structures can function as a collection.

collection = [0, '1'] # Lists by convention used for heterogenous objects
collection = (0, 1) # Tuples by convention used for homogenous objects
collection = {0: "zero", 1: "one"} # Dictionaries (Hash)
collection = set([0, '1']) # sets (Hash)

Ruby

Ruby is a 100% object oriented language, so you can use the default Array or Hash structures as collection objects.