Storing of an array element in memory

Amit Maheshwari

Hi friends,

I have an array

 int[] a = {11, 3, 5, 9, 4};
Above you seen an array I want to know that where is the Reference of  a is created in the memory.
Also tell me where array elements are created in the memory.

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Vulpes15y ago
Arrays are always created on the heap. The elements of the array are stored one after the other in heap memory.

A reference to an array could be stored either on the heap or the stack. For example:

If 'a' in your example is a private field of a class, it will be stored on the heap.

If 'a' is a local variable of a method or property, it will be stored on the stack.
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Sam Hobbs15y ago
When you use the internet, do you know what servers are used to send and receive the data? When you make a phone call, do you know what cables are used for the call? When you buy fuel for your car, do you know who the truck driver is that drove the truck that brought the gasoline to the station where you bought the fuel? Do you know what refinery refined the fuel?

There are very many things for developers to learn. There are many things that we usually do not need to understand. For C# it is important to learn that structs are value types and classes are reference types. The exact details of that is something we usuallu do not need to know.
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Jean Paul15y ago
The reference of 'a' should be in Stack and the
values should be in heap memory.
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