Part 7. Arrays, Slices, and Strings

An array is a group of values stored next to each other.

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Section	Title
1	Fixed Arrays
2	Array Literals
3	Multidimensional Arrays
4	Slices in Detail
5	Slice Lifetimes
6	String Literals
7	Mutable Strings
8	UTF-8 Processing
9	Building Dynamic Strings
10	Efficient Text Processing

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Fixed Arrays

An array is a group of values stored next to each other.

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Array Literals

An array literal is the syntax you use to write array values directly in source code.

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Multidimensional Arrays

A multidimensional array is an array whose elements are also arrays.

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Slices in Detail

A slice is a view into a sequence of values.

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Slice Lifetimes

A slice is a view into memory.

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String Literals

A string literal is text written directly in your source code.

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Mutable Strings

Zig does not have a separate built-in mutable String type.

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UTF-8 Processing

Zig string data is usually stored as UTF-8 bytes.

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Building Dynamic Strings

A dynamic string is text whose length is not fixed ahead of time.

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Efficient Text Processing

Efficient text processing means working with text without doing unnecessary allocation, copying, or decoding.