<s>
In	O
computer	B-General_Concept
science	I-General_Concept
,	O
a	O
jagged	O
array	B-Data_Structure
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
a	O
ragged	O
array	B-Data_Structure
or	O
irregular	O
array	B-Data_Structure
is	O
an	O
array	B-Data_Structure
of	O
arrays	O
of	O
which	O
the	O
member	O
arrays	O
can	O
be	O
of	O
different	O
lengths	O
,	O
producing	O
rows	O
of	O
jagged	O
edges	O
when	O
visualized	O
as	O
output	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
contrast	O
,	O
two-dimensional	O
arrays	O
are	O
always	O
rectangular	O
so	O
jagged	B-Data_Structure
arrays	I-Data_Structure
should	O
not	O
be	O
confused	O
with	O
multidimensional	O
arrays	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
former	O
is	O
often	O
used	O
to	O
emulate	O
the	O
latter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Arrays	O
of	O
arrays	O
in	O
languages	O
such	O
as	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
PHP	O
,	O
Python	B-Language
(	O
multidimensional	O
lists	O
)	O
,	O
Ruby	O
,	O
C#	B-Application
.NET	O
,	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic.NET	I-Language
,	O
Perl	O
,	O
JavaScript	O
,	O
Objective-C	O
,	O
Swift	O
,	O
and	O
Atlas	O
Autocode	O
are	O
implemented	O
as	O
Iliffe	B-Data_Structure
vectors	I-Data_Structure
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
C#	B-Application
and	O
Java	B-Language
jagged	B-Data_Structure
arrays	I-Data_Structure
can	O
be	O
created	O
with	O
the	O
following	O
code	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
C	B-Language
and	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
a	O
jagged	B-Data_Structure
array	I-Data_Structure
can	O
be	O
created	O
(	O
on	O
the	O
stack	O
)	O
using	O
the	O
following	O
code	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
C/C	O
++	O
,	O
jagged	B-Data_Structure
arrays	I-Data_Structure
can	O
also	O
be	O
created	O
(	O
on	O
the	O
heap	O
)	O
with	O
an	O
array	B-Data_Structure
of	O
pointers	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
C++	B-Language
/CLI	I-Language
,	O
jagged	B-Data_Structure
array	I-Data_Structure
can	O
be	O
created	O
with	O
the	O
code	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Fortran	B-Application
,	O
a	O
jagged	B-Data_Structure
array	I-Data_Structure
can	O
be	O
created	O
using	O
derived	O
types	O
with	O
allocatable	O
component(s )	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
jagged	B-Data_Structure
arrays	I-Data_Structure
are	O
not	O
native	O
but	O
one	O
can	O
use	O
list	B-Language
comprehensions	I-Language
to	O
create	O
a	O
multi-dimensional	O
list	O
which	O
supports	O
any	O
dimensional	O
matrix	O
:	O
</s>
