Ragged and Jagged Arrays

Question

What is the difference between ragged and jagged arrays? As per my research both have the same definitions, i.e. two-dimensional arrays with different column lengths.

Answer 1

Jagged array is array of arrays such that member arrays can be of different sizes, i.e., we can create a 2-D arrays but with variable number of columns in each row. These type of arrays are also known as ragged arrays.

Contents of 2D Jagged Array
0 
1 2 
3 4 5 
6 7 8 9 
10 11 12 13 14 

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