Convert a 2D array into a 1D array

Question

Here is the code I have so far:

 public static int mode(int[][] arr) {
      ArrayList<Integer> list = new ArrayList<Integer>();
      int temp = 0;
      for(int i = 0; i < arr.length; i ++) {
          for(int s = 0; s < arr.length; s ++) {
              temp = arr[i][s];

I seem to be stuck at this point on how to get [i][s] into a single dimensional array. When I do a print(temp) all the elements of my 2D array print out one a time in order but cannot figure out how to get them into the 1D array. I am a novice :(

How to convert a 2D array into a 1D array?

The current 2D array I am working with is a 3x3. I am trying to find the mathematical mode of all the integers in the 2D array if that background is of any importance.

Answer 1

In Java 8 you can use object streams to map a matrix to vector.

Convert any-type & any-length object matrix to vector (array)

String[][] matrix = {
    {"a", "b", "c"},
    {"d", "e"},
    {"f"},
    {"g", "h", "i", "j"}
};

String[] array = Stream.of(matrix)
                       .flatMap(Stream::of)
                       .toArray(String[]::new);

If you are looking for int-specific way, I would go for:

int[][] matrix = {
    {1, 5, 2, 3, 4},
    {2, 4, 5, 2},
    {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6},
    {}
};

int[] array = Stream.of(matrix) //we start with a stream of objects Stream<int[]>
                    .flatMapToInt(IntStream::of) //we I'll map each int[] to IntStream
                    .toArray(); //we're now IntStream, just collect the ints to array.

Answer 2

I'm not sure if you're trying to convert your 2D array into a 1D array (as your question states), or put the values from your 2D array into the ArrayList you have. I'll assume the first, but I'll quickly say all you'd need to do for the latter is call list.add(temp), although temp is actually unneeded in your current code.

If you're trying to have a 1D array, then the following code should suffice:

public static int mode(int[][] arr)
{
  int[] oneDArray = new int[arr.length * arr.length];
  for(int i = 0; i < arr.length; i ++)
  {
    for(int s = 0; s < arr.length; s ++)
    {
      oneDArray[(i * arr.length) + s] = arr[i][s];
    }
  }
}