How to dynamically add elements to String array? [closed]

Question

I want to add dynamic number of elements to a string array from inside a for loop.

How to create an string array of an undefined length?

Answer 1

Arrays in Java have a defined size, you cannot change it later by adding or removing elements (you can read some basics here).

Instead, use a List:

ArrayList<String> mylist = new ArrayList<String>(); mylist.add(mystring); //this adds an element to the list. 

Of course, if you know beforehand how many strings you are going to put in your array, you can create an array of that size and set the elements by using the correct position:

String[] myarray = new String[numberofstrings]; myarray[23] = string24; //this sets the 24'th (first index is 0) element to string24. 

Answer 2

when using String array, you have to give size of array while initializing

eg

String[] str = new String[10]; 

you can use index 0-9 to store values

str[0] = "value1" str[1] = "value2" str[2] = "value3" str[3] = "value4" str[4] = "value5" str[5] = "value6" str[6] = "value7" str[7] = "value8" str[8] = "value9" str[9] = "value10" 

if you are using ArrayList instread of string array, you can use it without initializing size of array ArrayList str = new ArrayList();

you can add value by using add method of Arraylist

str.add("Value1"); 

get retrieve a value from arraylist, you can use get method

String s = str.get(0); 

find total number of items by size method

int nCount = str.size(); 

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