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Once an element has been placed in a vector, you can retrieve that element using the elementAt method with an integer argument. For example, the following expression retrieves the element identified by an integer variable, counter, from the vector, v:

v.elementAt(counter) 

Similarly, you can replace an element using the setElementAt method. For example, the following expression replaces the element identified by the value of an integer variable, counter, by the instance assigned to the instance variable, m:

v.setElementAt(m, counter) 

Thus, elementAt and setElementAt allow you to use a vector as though it were an array.