Lecture 7 Objectives

At the end of today's class you should

KNOW:

That an array is a data structure consisting of related data items of the same type
That the size of an array needs to be determined by compile time (you may not use a variable to define the size of an array)

BE ABLE TO:

Define and initialize an array
Process an array using iteration
Process an array using recursion
Pass an array to a function

Sample Exam Question:

Write a recursive C function that will determine the sum of the numbers stored in an int array. The function is given the name of the array and the number of elements in the array. Here is the function heading:

int sumElements (int theArray[], int size)