OnJava8-Examples/arrays/RaggedArray.java

// arrays/RaggedArray.java
// <20>2016 MindView LLC: see Copyright.txt
import java.util.*;

public class RaggedArray {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Random rand = new Random(47);
    // 3-D array with varied-length vectors:
    int[][][] a = new int[rand.nextInt(7)][][];
    for(int i = 0; i < a.length; i++) {
      a[i] = new int[rand.nextInt(5)][];
      for(int j = 0; j < a[i].length; j++)
        a[i][j] = new int[rand.nextInt(5)];
    }
    System.out.println(Arrays.deepToString(a));
  }
}
/* Output:
[[], [[0], [0], [0, 0, 0, 0]], [[], [0, 0], [0, 0]], [[0,
0, 0], [0], [0, 0, 0, 0]], [[0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0], [0], []],
[[0], [], [0]]]
*/