Arrays copyOfRange() in java

In this post we are going to learn Arrays copyOfRange() in java.

Arrays.copyOfRange() in java

Java.util.Arrays.copyOfRange() method 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.

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Syntax:

java.lang.Object
     java.util.Arrays

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

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 java program,

import java.util.Arrays;

public class CopyOfRangeDemo 
{
   public static void main(String[] args) 
   {
      int arrNumber[] = { 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72 };
      // to index is within the range 
      int copyNum[] = Arrays.copyOfRange(arrNumber, 2, 6); 
      for(int a : copyNum)
      {
         System.out.print(a + " ");
      }
      System.out.println(); 
      // assigning 0 to all index out of range 
      int copy[] = Arrays.copyOfRange(arrNumber, 4, arrNumber.length + 3);
      for(int b : copy)
      {
         System.out.print(b + " ");
      }
   }
}

Output:

68 69 70 71
70 71 72 0 0 0

Different methods:

Java program to demonstrate long data type

Syntax

public static long[] copyOfRange( long[] original, int from, int to )

Example:

import java.util.Arrays;

public class ArrayCopyLong
{
   public static void main(String[] args)
   {
      long[] arrLong1 = new long[] {14, 23, 41};   
      System.out.println("ARRAY COPY OF RANGE METHOD - LONG DATA TYPE");
      System.out.println("-------------------------------------------");
      System.out.println("Given array : ");
      for (int a = 0; a < arrLong1.length; a++)
      {
         System.out.println(arrLong1[a]);
      }

      long[] arrLong2 = Arrays.copyOfRange(arrLong1, 2, 5);   
      System.out.println("Copied array : ");
      for (int a = 0; a < arrLong2.length; a++)
      {
         System.out.println(arrLong2[a]);
      }
   }
}

Output:

Java program to demonstrate short data type

Syntax

public static short[] copyOfRange(short[] original, int from, int to)

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import java.util.Arrays;

public class ArrayCopyShort
{
   public static void main(String[] args)
   {
      short[] arrShort1 = new short[] {14, 23, 41};   
      System.out.println("ARRAY COPY OF RANGE METHOD - SHORT DATA TYPE");
      System.out.println("--------------------------------------------");
      System.out.println("Given array : ");
      for(int a = 0; a < arrShort1.length; a++)
      {
         System.out.println(arrShort1[a]);
      }

      short[] arrShort2 = Arrays.copyOfRange(arrShort1, 1, 3);   
      System.out.println("Copied array : ");
      for(int a = 0; a < arrShort2.length; a++)
      {
         System.out.println(arrShort2[a]);
      }
   }
}

Output:

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