Arrays
The
java.lang.System
class defines an
arraycopy( )
method
that is useful for copying specified elements in one array to a
specified position in a second array. The second array must be the
same type as the first, and it can even be the same array:
char[] text = "Now is the time".toCharArray(); char[] copy = new char[100]; // Copy 10 characters from element 4 of text into copy, starting at copy[0] System.arraycopy(text, 4, copy, 0, 10); // Move some of the text to later elements, making room for insertions System.arraycopy(copy, 3, copy, 6, 7);
In Java 1.2 and later, the
java.util.Arrays
class defines useful
array-manipulation methods, including methods for sorting and
searching arrays:
import java.util.Arrays; int[] intarray = new int[] { 10, 5, 7, -3 }; // An array of integers Arrays.sort(intarray); // Sort it in place int pos = Arrays.binarySearch(intarray, 7); // Value 7 is found at index 2 pos = Arrays.binarySearch(intarray, 12); // Not found: negative return value // Arrays of objects can be sorted and searched too String[] strarray = new String[] { "now", "is", "the", "time" }; Arrays.sort(strarray); // sorted to: { "is", "now", "the", "time" } // Arrays.equals() compares all elements of two arrays String[] clone = (String[]) strarray.clone(); boolean b1 = Arrays.equals(strarray, clone); // Yes, they're equal // Arrays.fill() initializes array elements byte[] data = new byte[100]; // An empty array; elements set to 0 Arrays.fill(data, (byte) -1); // Set them ...
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