Chapter 7, Problem 5SA

Explanation of Solution

Given Statement:

array1 = array2;

The given statement makes array1 references the same array that array2 references. Both the array variables reference the same array.

• To copy the contents of the array2 to array1, the contents of array2’s individual elements will have to be assigned to the element in array1.

Copying one array to another:

// Array creation

int[] a= { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 };

int[] b = new int[7];

In the given statements, there are two arrays namely “a” and “b”...