[Year 12 SofDev] Arrays with mixed data types

[Laurie Savage]

If it quacks like an array ...? Could you elaborate on why Python lists
ain't arrayz?

Laurie

Laurie Savage
https://sites.google.com/a/pvgc.vic.edu.au/mr-savage/home

On 12 June 2015 at 13:27, Mark <mark at vceit.com> wrote:

> Hi, codemakers.
>
> Most languages require all elements of an array to have a single data
> type, but I have a nagging suspicion that there is an exception or two.
>
> e.g. Apparently PHP allows mixed data types in its 'arrays' but I believe
> PHP 'arrays' are actually more like the lists found in Perl or Python and
> so are not classical arrays.
>
> Is there a language that allows true arrays with mixed data types?
>
> Cheers
> Mark
>
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