From 87541c0c8bc0969e174c6877a69750445ac1865e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dave Gauer <dave@ratfactor.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2021 20:34:26 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Added Ex. 4 arrays

---
 04_arrays.zig | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 README.md     |  2 +-
 ziglings      |  3 ++-
 3 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 04_arrays.zig

diff --git a/04_arrays.zig b/04_arrays.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e3c208
--- /dev/null
+++ b/04_arrays.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+//
+// Let's learn some array basics. Arrays literals are declared with:
+//
+//   [size]<type>{ values };
+//
+// When Zig can infer the size of the array, you can use '_' for the
+// size like so:
+//
+//   [_]<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 first = some_primes[0];
+
+    // Looks like we need to complete this expression:
+    const fourth = ???;
+
+    // Use '.len' to get the length of the array:
+    const length = some_primes.???;
+
+    std.debug.print("First: {}, Fourth: {}, Length: {}\n",
+        .{first, fourth, length});
+}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 570cf85..d83988f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Planned exercises:
 * [x] Hello world (main needs to be public)
 * [x] Importing standard library
 * [x] Assignment
-* [ ] Arrays
+* [x] Arrays
 * [ ] If
 * [ ] While
 * [ ] For
diff --git a/ziglings b/ziglings
index 395d50d..4c6e52c 100755
--- a/ziglings
+++ b/ziglings
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ function check_it {
 
 check_it 01_hello.zig "Hello world" "Note the error: the source file has a hint for fixing 'main'."
 check_it 02_std.zig "Standard Library"
-check_it 03_assignment.zig "55 314159 -11"
+check_it 03_assignment.zig "55 314159 -11" "There are three mistakes in this one!"
+check_it 04_arrays.zig "Fourth: 7, Length: 8" "There are two things to complete here."
 
 echo
 echo "    __   __          _ "