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Tyler B
5,787 PointsThey are similar for sure but not exactly the same. For the most part though if you are already familiar with arrays in Java you can think of them in the same general terms. I for example just call both arrays and I've yet to have anyone ever bat an eye.
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THAPELO SWEREKI
642 Pointsno they are not, arrays in java are like variables in python, they store