Lesson 025
Two-Dimensional Arrays
Rows, Columns & Nested Loops
1:00How to represent, access, traverse, and operate on grids using arrays of arrays, including the row-major memory model and common pitfalls.
By the end, you can
- Explain what a 2D array is and how it relates to an array of arrays.
- Access any cell using `grid[row][col]` and explain why row comes first.
- Distinguish rectangular grids from jagged arrays and know when `grid[0].length` is unreliable.
- Measure a grid's dimensions using `grid.length` and `grid[0].length`.
- Create a grid safely with `Array.from` and explain why `Array(n).fill(array)` is a bug.
- Write nested loops to traverse every cell and state the time complexity.
- Compute the flat row-major memory offset for any `[row][col]` coordinate.
- Implement search, row-sum, and column-sum operations on a 2D array.
- Identify and avoid the out-of-bounds error by using correct loop bounds.
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