Aloha! I was wondering if there is any benefit to using an array (real y[n];) over a vector (vector[n] y;). As far as I can see the only benefit of arrays is that you can declare an integer array but not an integer vector and thus save space. But if I am working with real numbers, do I just use ve…

[image] felixmueller: Am I overlooking something? One dimensional real arrays are basically a less useful version of a vector.

Vector vs real array

bgoodri August 4, 2017, 1:34pm 2

One dimensional real arrays are basically a less useful version of a vector.

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