// three arrays of the same size will be used in parallel
int grades[10]
String fNames [10]
String lNames [10]

// contents at same index represent info about same object
// Jan Smith is 85
fNames[0] = "Jan"
lNames[0] = "Smith"
grades[0] = 85

fNames[1] = "Dan"
lNames[1] = "Jones"
grades[1] = 90

fNames[2] = "Stan"
lNames[2] = "Melchizadek"
grades[2] = 99

//...
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// parallel arrays for grades and names
int grades[] = {85, 90, 99, 80, 73}
string fNames[] = {"Jan", "Dan", "Stan", "Nan", "Ann"}
string lNames[] = {"Smith", "Jones", "Melchizadek", "Brown" "Whitley"}

// since arrays are same size, one for loop can go through them all
// at the same time
for (i = 0; i < grades.size; i = i + 1)
	print fNames[i] + " " + lNames[i] + "has " + grades[i]
endfor

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// assume we have these modules to set up
// parallel arrays for names and grades
int grades[] = getGradeList()
string names[] = getNameList()

string lookFor = prompt "Look up what name?"

// searching based on user input
// we have not yet found it
int foundAt = -1
for (int i = 0; i < names.size; i++)
   if (names[i] == lookFor) then
		foundAt = i // record where we found it
	  endif
	  // note there is NO ELSE here
	  // if it didn't match we just have to keep searching
	  // we won't know it isn't there until the loop ends
endfor

// if foundAt is still -1 after the loop, we didn't find it
if (foundAt != -1) then
  // since the arrays are parallel, if we found the name at this index
  // the matching grade will be at the same index
	print names[foundAt + " has grade " + grades[foundAt] 
else
 print "No such student"
endif

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// modules setting up parallel arrays for names and weights and ages
string names[] = getNames()
double weights[] = getWeights()
int ages[] = getAges()

// loop through checking for age and printing matching name and weight
for (int i = 0; i < names.size; i = i + 1) 
	if (ages[i] > 10) then
		print names[i] + "is " + ages[i] + " and weighs " + weights[i]
	endif
endfor

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// module setting up array of fruits
string fruits[] = getFruits()
// to be parallel new array  must be the same size
double prices[fruits.size]
// get input from the user to fill the parallel array
for (int i = 0; i < fruits.size; i = i + 1)
	prices[i] = prompt "How much does a " + fruit[i] + " cost?"
endfor

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// modules set up parallel arrays of words and how often to repeat
string words[] = wordList()
int times[] = timesList()
// loop to go through the parallel arrays
for (int i = 0; i < words.size; i= i+1) 
  // loop to repeat the word the given number of times
	for (int j = 0; j < times[i]; j = j + 1)
		print words[i]
	endfor
endfor