public class Copy3 { public static void main(String[] args) { double[] a = {5.1, 2.2, 3.4}; double[] b = {1.2, 4.6, 2.4, 8.1}; System.out.println("a.length = " + a.length ); for ( int i = 0; i < a.length; i++ ) System.out.println( a[i] ); a = b; // a is now an alias for b System.out.println("a.length = " + a.length ); for ( int i = 0; i < a.length; i++ ) System.out.println( a[i] ); } }