Iterating over Arrays in Java

Iterating over an array means accessing each element of array one by one. There may be many ways of iterating over an array in Java, below are some simple ways.

Method 1: Using for loop:
This is the simplest of all where we just have to use a for loop where a counter variable accesses each element one by one.

// Java program to iterate over an array
// using for loop
import java.io.*;
class GFG {

    public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException
    {
        int ar[] = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 };
        int i, x;

        // iterating over an array
        for (i = 0; i < ar.length; i++) {

            // accessing each element of array
            x = ar[i];
            System.out.print(x + " ");
        }
    }
}

Output :

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 

Method 2: Using for each loop :
For each loop optimizes the code, save typing and time.

// JAVA program to iterate over an array
// using for loop
import java.io.*;
class GFG {

    public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException
    {
        int ar[] = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 };
        int x;

        // iterating over an array
        for (int i : ar) {

            // accessing each element of array
            x = i;
            System.out.print(x + " ");
        }
    }
}

Output :

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 

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