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                   Notes         Multidimensional Arrays

                                 In a multidimensional array, each element in the main array can also be an array. And each
                                 element in the sub-array can be an array, and so on.

                                       Example:    1.  In  this  example  we  create  a  multidimensional  array,  with  automatically
                                                assigned ID keys:
                                                $families = array

                                                  (
                                                  “Griffin”=>array
                                                  (
                                                  “Peter”,
                                                  “Lois”,

                                                  “Megan”
                                                  ),
                                                  “Quagmire”=>array
                                                  (
                                                  “Glenn”
                                                  ),
                                                  “Brown”=>array
                                                  (
                                                  “Cleveland”,

                                                  “Loretta”,
                                                  “Junior”
                                                  )
                                                  );
                                 The array above would look like this if written to the output:

                                 Array
                                 (
                                 [Griffin] => Array

                                    (
                                       [0] => Peter
                                       [1] => Lois
                                       [2] => Megan
                                       )
                                 [Quagmire] => Array
                                       (
                                       [0] => Glenn
                                       )

                                 [Brown] => Array
                                       (

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