It is actually possible to do in java. (I’m a bit surprised I must say.)
Disclaimer; I never ever want to see this code anywhere else than as an answer to this question. I strongly encourage you to use List
s.
import java.lang.reflect.Array;
import java.util.*;
public class Test {
public static int[] tail(int[] arr) {
return Arrays.copyOfRange(arr, 1, arr.length);
}
public static void setValue(Object array, String value, int... indecies) {
if (indecies.length == 1)
((String[]) array)[indecies[0]] = value;
else
setValue(Array.get(array, indecies[0]), value, tail(indecies));
}
public static void fillWithSomeValues(Object array, String v, int... sizes) {
for (int i = 0; i < sizes[0]; i++)
if (sizes.length == 1)
((String[]) array)[i] = v + i;
else
fillWithSomeValues(Array.get(array, i), v + i, tail(sizes));
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
// Randomly choose number of dimensions (1, 2 or 3) at runtime.
Random r = new Random();
int dims = 1 + r.nextInt(3);
// Randomly choose array lengths (1, 2 or 3) at runtime.
int[] sizes = new int[dims];
for (int i = 0; i < sizes.length; i++)
sizes[i] = 1 + r.nextInt(3);
// Create array
System.out.println("Creating array with dimensions / sizes: " +
Arrays.toString(sizes).replaceAll(", ", "]["));
Object multiDimArray = Array.newInstance(String.class, sizes);
// Fill with some
fillWithSomeValues(multiDimArray, "pos ", sizes);
System.out.println(Arrays.deepToString((Object[]) multiDimArray));
}
}
Example Output:
Creating array with dimensions / sizes: [2][3][2]
[[[pos 000, pos 001], [pos 010, pos 011], [pos 020, pos 021]],
[[pos 100, pos 101], [pos 110, pos 111], [pos 120, pos 121]]]