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how do I write two dimensional array in kotlin?
in php we can write it very easily, such as

```$arr = [
    [
        "name" => "john"
    ],
    [
        "name" => "michael"
    ]
];```
how do I achieve the above?

`arrayOf(arrayOf(...), arrayOf(...))`, where `...` is what you want in the inner arrays

You’ll need mapOf for associative arrays

excuse me, gosh... really bother tho. wish the kotlin team adopt the square bracket notation just like php does

```
listOf(
  mapOf(“name” to “John”),
  mapOf(“name” to “michael”)
)
```

But like, don’t do that. Don’t write PHP in Kotlin. You probably want to define a Person data class or something similar here

how do I define the data class in this regard?

would you show me the complete code of this?

```data class Person(val name: String)

listOf(Person("John"), Person("michael"))```

You should probably have a look at the docs. <https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/data-classes.html>

I would also recommend going through the Koans <https://kotlinlang.org/docs/tutorials/koans.html>

just for fun, trying to bend the language you could get close to square brackets notation: <https://pl.kotl.in/yzsMKPkcB>