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A good example of a two-dimensional array is a chess board. One dimension represents

the eight rows; the other dimension represents the eight columns. Figure 13.3 illustrates

this idea.

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FIGURE13.3

A chess board and a

two-dimensional array.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

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6 7

4 5

2 3

0 0 1

6 7

4 5

2 3

1 0 1

6 7

4 5

2 3

2 0 1

6 7

4 5

2 3

7 0 1

Suppose that you have a class named SQUARE. The declaration of an array named Board

that represents it would be

SQUARE Board[8][8];

You could also represent the same data with a one-dimensional, 64-square array. For

example:

SQUARE Board[64];