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I have a huge number of arrays, each with a series of numbers each referring to an LED on a strip. I want to be able to address each one by a number, so the logical solution to that for me was to make the whole thing into an array. Can that be done, or is there a better work around that can be implemented?

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Yes t is possible: you should take a look at cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/arrays and search for "multidimensional arrays" there. – jfpoilpret May 6 '16 at 9:25
    
My word, my mind is blown. Thanks for that @jfpoilpret. I'll see what I can do with that. – Matthew Inglis May 6 '16 at 9:30
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Yes you can have arrays inside arrays.

The array would be declared as: 

int arrayName [ x ][ y ];

where x is the number of rows and y is the number of columns.

The example below declares and initializes a 2D array with 3 rows and 10 columns:

int myArray[3][10] = { { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 },
                       { 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 },
                       { 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 } };

To access the value of 27 (and save it into myValue):

myValue = myArray[2][6];
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