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In this section of the course, we’ll learn about our first compound data type.

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A compound type is to type that's made up of other types.

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First, we'll learn about arrays, what they are and why we use them?

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We'll go over the syntax for declaring and initializing arrays,

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and we'll learn how to access the individual elements of an array.

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Then we'll talk about multidimensional arrays.

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These can be two-dimensional or three-dimensional arrays

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or they can be as many dimensions as you need.

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They can be very useful for modeling grids, boards and much more complex data types.

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Then we’ll learn about vectors. Vectors are better than arrays in so many ways,

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and we'll discuss their advantages.

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In fact, in modern c++, we rarely use raw arrays,

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instead we use vectors. So why cover arrays at all?

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I think it's important to understand arrays

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since there's so much legacy c++ code out there.

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And conceptually, they're easy to understand

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and will add to your overall knowledge in c++.

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Okay, so let's get started learning about our first compound data type, arrays.