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DavidvzlaDavidvzla 

Really dumb question about SOQL

I don't know what is the number inside the square brackets in SOQL used for?   for instance, number 0 (zero) inside square brackets. Thanks for your help.

1Account[] acctsWithContacts = [SELECT Name, (SELECT FirstName,LastName FROM Contacts)
2                               FROM Account
3                               WHERE Name = 'SFDC Computing'];
4// Get child records
5Contact[] cts = acctsWithContacts[0].Contacts;
6System.debug('Name of first associated contact: '
7             + cts[0].FirstName + ', ' + cts[0].LastName)

 
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That number is the index of the array that you are accessing.

For example, in line 5 you have acctsWithContacts[0].Contacts.

This means you are getting the first account in the acctsWithContacts array of accounts. 

acctsWithContacts[1] would get the second account, acctsWithContacts[2] gets you the third, etc. 

Hope that explains it! Please mark as best answer if this helped!

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That number is the index of the array that you are accessing.

For example, in line 5 you have acctsWithContacts[0].Contacts.

This means you are getting the first account in the acctsWithContacts array of accounts. 

acctsWithContacts[1] would get the second account, acctsWithContacts[2] gets you the third, etc. 

Hope that explains it! Please mark as best answer if this helped!
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DavidvzlaDavidvzla
Thanks, I completely forgot the Index unit of the tutorial but now I remember, really appreciate your prompt response, have a nice day.
Andreas EnglundAndreas Englund
Sorry for jumping on this old thread from nowhere. But on line 5: since they use an index to retrieve one instance of the Contacts array, why do they store that instance in a new array instead of a single Contact object? Then on line 7, use that newly created array and use index 0 again to retrieve the only one Contact again when a single object could've been used?