I am just beginning to learn Java and heard that getting the size of an array is O(1). Why is it not O(n)?
Mustn’t the java virtual machine count the number of items in the array?
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I am just beginning to learn Java and heard that getting the size of an array is O(1). Why is it not O(n)?
Mustn’t the java virtual machine count the number of items in the array?
No, the number of items in the array is fixed when you create it.