[Year 12 SofDev] Arrays with mixed data types

[Laurie Savage]

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

On 12 June 2015 at 14:09, Laurie Savage <08327998 at pvgc.vic.edu.au> wrote:

> 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
>>
>> --
>>
>> Before Facebook, how many people would take a picture of their dinner on
>> a disposable camera, get the photos developed, then go round to your
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>>
>> --
>>
>> Mark Kelly
>>
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