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## Overview
We can use any of the following methods to access the items of an array in R:
1. We can simply refer to their index position or values, using brackets `[]`
2. We can make use of the `c()` function.

## 1. Accessing array items using brackets `[]`
We can access the items in an array by referring to their index positions, using the `[]` brackets.

## Syntax
```R
array[row position, column position, matrix level]
```
## Code example

# creating an array variable
myarray <- c(1:10)

# creating a multidimensional array using the array() function
multiarray <- array(myarray, dim = c(3, 2))

# printing the array
multiarray

# accessing the element in the first row and second column
multiarray[1,2]


## Code explanation 
* **Line 2**: We create an array variable, `myarray`, with its elements or items starting from `1` and ending at `10`.
* **Line 5**: We create a `3` by `2` dimensional array, using the `array()` function.
* **Line 8**: We print the array `multiarray` for visual purposes.
* **Line 11**: We access the elements in the first row and second column of the array, by referring to their index positions in brackets `[1, 2]`.

## 2. Accessing array items 
We can also access the whole row or column from the matrix in an array by calling the **`c()` function**. There are two ways to access the items in a whole row or column:
* To access the whole row in an array, we can add a comma (`,`) after the `c()` function.
* To access the whole column in an array, we can add a comma (`,`) before the `c()` function
## Example 1: Accessing a row



# creating an array variable 
myarray <- c(1:10)

#creating a multidimensional array using the array() function
multiarray <- array(myarray, dim = c(3, 2, 2))

# printing the array 
multiarray

# to access all the element in the first row from the first matrix
multiarray[c(1), , 1] 


## Code explanation
We are able to access the elements in the first row of the first matrix by using the `c()` function, such that we add a comma after  the function. `[c(1), , 1]`

## Example 2: Accessing a  column

# creating an array variable 
myarray <- c(1:10)

#creating a multidimensional array using the array() function
multiarray <- array(myarray, dim = c(3, 2, 2))

# printing the array 
multiarray

# to access all the element in the first row from the first matrix
multiarray[, c(1), 1] 


## Code explanation
We are able to access the elements in the first column of the first matrix by using the `c()` function, such that we add a comma before  the function `[, c(1), 1]`.

How we can access array items in R

Access array items in R using brackets [] for positions or the c() function for rows/columns.

How we can access array items in R

Overview

1. Accessing array items using brackets []

Syntax

Code example

Code explanation

2. Accessing array items

Example 1: Accessing a row

Code explanation

Example 2: Accessing a column

Code explanation

1. Accessing array items using brackets `[]`