Arrays copyOfRange() method in java

Let’s learn Arrays copyOfRange() method in java.

Arrays copyOfRange() method in java

Arrays copyOfRange() method in java copies specified range of the original array into a new array. The initial index of the range (from) must lie between 0 and original.length, inclusive.

Syntax:

public static int[] copyOfRange(int[] original_array, int from_index, int to_index)

original_array: array from which a range is to be copied from.

from_index: initial or starting index of range to be copied, inclusive.

to_index: ending or final index of range to be copied, exclusive.(This index may lie outside the array.)

Exceptions thrown:

ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException – if from < 0 or from > original.length.

IllegalArgumentException – if from > to.

NullPointerException – if original is null.

Note:

• Initial index (from) should lie between 0 and original.length (inclusive).
• Value at original is placed to the initial element of copy. Except for from == original.length or from == to.
• Final index (to) should be greater than or equal to from. In some cases it could be greater than original.length in this case 0 is placed in all elements of copy whose index is >= original.length (from).
• Length of returned array will be to – from.

Let’s see an example for arrays copyOfRange() method.

import java.util.Arrays;
public class ArrayCopyOfRangeDemo 
{
   public static void main(String[] args) 
   {
      int[] arrNumber = { 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72 };
      System.out.println("Given array: ");
      for(int a = 0; a < arrNumber.length; a++) 
      {
         System.out.println(arrNumber[a]); 
      }
      int[] copyNum = Arrays.copyOfRange(arrNumber, 2, 6);
      System.out.println("Between range 2 and 6: ");
      for(int a : copyNum)
      {
         System.out.print(a + " ");
      }
      System.out.println();
   }
}

Output:

Given array:
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
Between range 2 and 6:
68 69 70 71

Overloaded forms of ArrayscopyOfRange() method

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