Arrays are a good start to bundle data of the same type, especially when there is no specific meaning of the array’s index other than the value’s position, but as soon as you want a more ...

Bash arrays have numbered indexes only, but they are sparse, ie you don't have to define all the indexes. An entire array can be assigned by enclosing the array items in parenthesis: ...

The JOptionPane’s showOptionDialog method requires an array of text Strings. Each element in the array is displayed as a clickable button. When a button is clicked, the windows closes and the array ...

Using the one big array, the script takes approximately 1/4 to 1/2 second less time than when I run the script using several small arrays.