Converting ArrayList to Array in java

Question

I have an ArrayList with values like "abcd#xyz" and "mnop#qrs". I want to convert it into an Array and then split it with # as delimiter and have abcd,mnop in an array and xyz,qrs in another array. I tried the following code:

String dsf[] = new String[al.size()];               for(int i =0;i<al.size();i++){   dsf[i] = al.get(i); } 

But it failed saying "Ljava.lang.String;@57ba57ba"

Answer 1

You don't need to reinvent the wheel, here's the toArray() method:

String []dsf = new String[al.size()]; al.toArray(dsf); 

Answer 2

List<String> list=new ArrayList<String>(); list.add("sravan"); list.add("vasu"); list.add("raki"); String names[]=list.toArray(new String[list.size()])