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diff --git a/04_arrays.zig b/04_arrays.zig
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//
-// Let's learn some array basics. Arrays literals are declared with:
+// Let's learn some array basics. Arrays are declared with:
//
-// [size]<type>{ values };
+// const foo [size]<type> = [size]<type>{ values };
//
// When Zig can infer the size of the array, you can use '_' for the
-// size like so:
+// size. You can also let Zig infer the type of the value so the
+// declaration is much less verbose.
//
-// [_]<type>{ values };
+// const foo = [_]<type>{ values };
//
const std = @import("std");
pub fn main() void {
- const some_primes = [_]u8{ 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19 };
- // Array values are accessed using square bracket '[]' notation.
- //
- // (Note that when Zig can infer the type (u8 in this case) of a
- // value, we don't have to manually specify it.)
- //
+ const some_primes = [_]u8{ 1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19 };
+
+ // Individual values can be set with '[]' notation. Let's fix
+ // the first prime (it should be 2!):
+ some_primes[0] = 2;
+
+ // Individual values can also be accessed with '[]' notation.
const first = some_primes[0];
- // Looks like we need to complete this expression:
+ // Looks like we need to complete this expression (like 'first'):
const fourth = ???;
// Use '.len' to get the length of the array: