/*
 * Working with literal arrays and printing them out in a different order.
 * Integration of charAt( ) for some character handling.
 */
package arrayrandomscanner2;

public class ArrayRandomScanner2 {
    
    // global private static variables for all methods in the class
    // This is one of two different ways to declare an array
    private static int[] myIntArray = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12};
    private static String[] myStringArray = {"Jan", "Feb","Mar","Apr","May",
        "Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec"};

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        printInt();
        printReverse();
    } // end main
// =======================================================================
    
    private static void printInt() {
        // "length" always goes to the end of the array
        System.out.println("Ascending");
        for(int i = 0; i <myIntArray.length; i++ ){
            System.out.println(myIntArray[i] + "\t" + myStringArray[i].charAt(0));
        }
    }
// ==========================================================================
    private static void printReverse() {
        System.out.println("Descending");
        for(int i = 11; i >= 0; i-- ){
            System.out.println(myIntArray[i] + "\t" + myStringArray[i]);
        }
    }
}

OUTPUT
Ascending
1	J
2	F
3	M
4	A
5	M
6	J
7	J
8	A
9	S
10	O
11	N
12	D
Descending
12	Dec
11	Nov
10	Oct
9	Sep
8	Aug
7	Jul
6	Jun
5	May
4	Apr
3	Mar
2	Feb
1   Jan
BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 1 second)