Java array: direct access to component in array

Am I able to access an array component directly such as:

String x = args[1] ?

or do I have to use a loop and use args[i] ?

From stackoverflow

• Yes, you can access an array component directly.

  For example:

  String[] test = new String[] { "first", "second" };
  System.out.println(test[1]); // Prints second
  

  (EDIT: For some reason I was sure this was about JavaScript not Java. Bizarre.)

• Surely you can use args[1] too.

• yes. You can do that, assuming args[1] exists, otherwise you'll get an ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException.

• What makes you think you can not?