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Arrays 
String Handling 
Java Packages 
Lecture - 4 
Dr. Shahid Raza Spring,2014
Creating Arrays" 
• Creating an array is a 2 step process" 
– It must be declared (declaration does not specify size)" 
" 
" 
declaration syntax:" 
type[] arrayName;! 
! 
" 
" 
note the location of the []" 
" 
– It must be created (ie. memory must be allocated for the array)" 
" 
int[] grades; ! ! !// declaration! 
! 
grades = new int[5]; ! !// Create array. ! 
! ! ! ! !// specify size! 
! ! ! ! !// assign new array to ! 
! ! ! ! !// array variable! 
!
Using initializer lists" 
• Another way of initializing lists is by using initializer lists." 
– The array is automatically created" 
– The array size is computed from the number of items in the list." 
" 
type[] arrayName = {initializer_list};! 
! 
int[] grades = {100, 96, 78, 86, 93};! 
String[] colours = { !"Red", "Orange",! 
! ! ! !"Yellow", "Green",! 
! ! ! !"Blue", "Indigo",! 
! ! ! !"Violet"}; !
The main() method" 
• You may recall that the main method takes an array of 
String objects as a parameter." 
– This array of Strings holds the command line parameters which were 
passed to the java program when it was started" 
" 
public class HelloWorld! 
{! 
!public static void main(String[] args)! 
!{! 
! !System.out.println("Hello World");! 
!}! 
}! 
Array holding command line parameters"
Command line parameters" 
name of class containing the main() method" 
0" 
1" 
2" 
3" 
4" 
java HelloWorld This is a test, Jim" 
args" 
This" 
is" 
Jim" 
a" 
test,"
Multi-dimensional Arrays" 
• Arrays with multiple dimensions can also be created." 
" 
declaration syntax:" " 
type[][] arrayName;! 
" 
" 
each [] indicates another dimension" 
" 
• They are created and initialized in the same way as 
single dimensioned arrays." 
" 
int[][] grades = new int[20][5];! 
!! 
String[][] colours = !{{"Red", "Green", "Blue"},! 
! ! ! ! {"Cyan", "Magenta", "Yellow"},! 
! ! ! ! {"Russet", "Mauve", "Orange"}};!
Strings 
• Java string is a sequence of characters. They are objects of 
type String. 
• Once a String object is created it cannot be changed. Stings 
are Immutable. 
• To get changeable strings use the class called StringBuffer. 
• String and StringBuffer classes are declared final, so there 
cannot be subclasses of these classes. 
• The default constructor creates an empty string. 
String s = new String(); 
Dr. Shahid Raza MPL
Creating Strings 
• String str = "abc"; is equivalent to: 
char data[] = {'a', 'b', 'c'}; 
String str = new String(data); 
• If data array in the above example is modified after the 
string object str is created, then str remains unchanged. 
• Construct a string object by passing another string object. 
String str2 = new String(str); 
Dr. Shahid Raza MPL
String Operations 
• The length() method returns the length of the string. 
Eg: System.out.println(“Hello”.length()); // prints 5 
• The + operator is used to concatenate two or more strings. 
Eg: String myname = “Harry” 
String str = “My name is” + myname+ “.”; 
• For string concatenation the Java compiler converts an 
operand to a String whenever the other operand of the + is 
a String object. 
Dr. Shahid Raza MPL
String Operations 
• Characters in a string can be extracted in a number of 
ways. 
public char charAt(int index) 
– Returns the character at the specified index. An index 
ranges from 0 to length() - 1. The first character of the 
sequence is at index 0, the next at index 1, and so on, as 
for array indexing. 
char ch; 
ch = “abc”.charAt(1); // ch = “b” 
Dr. Shahid Raza MPL
String Operations 
• getChars() - Copies characters from this string into the 
destination character array. 
public void getChars(int srcBegin, int srcEnd, 
char[] dst, int dstBegin) 
– srcBegin - index of the first character in the string to copy. 
– srcEnd - index after the last character in the string to copy. 
– dst - the destination array. 
– dstBegin - the start offset in the destination array. 
Dr. Shahid Raza MPL
String Operations 
• equals() - Compares the invoking string to the specified object. The 
result is true if and only if the argument is not null and is a String 
object that represents the same sequence of characters as the invoking 
object. 
public boolean equals(Object anObject) 
• equalsIgnoreCase()- Compares this String to another String, ignoring 
case considerations. Two strings are considered equal ignoring case if 
they are of the same length, and corresponding characters in the two 
strings are equal ignoring case. 
public boolean equalsIgnoreCase(String 
anotherString) 
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String Operations 
• startsWith() – Tests if this string starts with the specified 
prefix. 
public boolean startsWith(String prefix) 
“Figure”.startsWith(“Fig”); // true 
• endsWith() - Tests if this string ends with the specified 
suffix. 
public boolean endsWith(String suffix) 
“Figure”.endsWith(“re”); // true 
Dr. Shahid Raza MPL
String Operations 
• startsWith() -Tests if this string starts with the specified 
prefix beginning at a specified index. 
public boolean startsWith(String prefix, 
int toffset) 
prefix - the prefix. 
toffset - where to begin looking in the 
string. 
“figure”.startsWith(“gure”, 2); // true 
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String Operations 
• compareTo() - Compares two strings lexicographically. 
– The result is a negative integer if this String object 
lexicographically precedes the argument string. 
– The result is a positive integer if this String object 
lexicographically follows the argument string. 
– The result is zero if the strings are equal. 
– compareTo returns 0 exactly when the equals(Object) method 
would return true. 
public int compareTo(String anotherString) 
public int compareToIgnoreCase(String str) 
Dr. Shahid Raza MPL
String Operations 
indexOf – Searches for the first occurrence of a character or substring. 
Returns -1 if the character does not occur. 
public int indexOf(int ch)- Returns the index within this 
string of the first occurrence of the specified character. 
public int indexOf(String str) - Returns the index 
within this string of the first occurrence of the specified substring. 
String str = “How was your day today?”; 
str.indexof(‘t’); 
str.indexof(“was”); 
Dr. Shahid Raza MPL
String Operations 
public int indexOf(int ch, int fromIndex)- Returns 
the index within this string of the first occurrence of the specified 
character, starting the search at the specified index. 
public int indexOf(String str, int fromIndex) - 
Returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the 
specified substring, starting at the specified index. 
String str = “How was your day today?”; 
str.indexof(‘a’, 6); 
str(“was”, 2); 
Dr. Shahid Raza MPL
String Operations 
lastIndexOf() –Searches for the last occurrence of a character 
or substring. The methods are similar to indexOf(). 
substring() - Returns a new string that is a substring of this 
string. The substring begins with the character at the 
specified index and extends to the end of this string. 
public String substring(int beginIndex) 
Eg: "unhappy".substring(2) returns "happy" 
Dr. Shahid Raza MPL
String Operations 
• public String 
substring(int beginIndex, 
int endIndex) 
Eg: "smiles".substring(1, 5) 
returns "mile“ 
Dr. Shahid Raza MPL
String Operations 
concat() - Concatenates the specified string to the end of this 
string. 
If the length of the argument string is 0, then this String 
object is returned. 
Otherwise, a new String object is created, containing the 
invoking string with the contents of the str appended to it. 
public String concat(String str) 
"to".concat("get").concat("her") returns 
"together" 
Dr. Shahid Raza MPL
String Operations 
• replace()- Returns a new string resulting from replacing all 
occurrences of oldChar in this string with newChar. 
public String replace(char oldChar, char newChar) 
"mesquite in your cellar".replace('e', 'o') 
returns "mosquito in your collar" 
Dr. Shahid Raza MPL
String Operations 
• trim() - Returns a copy of the string, with leading and 
trailing whitespace omitted. 
public String trim() 
String s = “ Hi Mom! “.trim(); 
S = “Hi Mom!” 
• valueOf() – Returns the string representation of the char 
array argument. 
public static String valueOf(char[] data) 
Dr. Shahid Raza MPL
String Operations 
• The contents of the character array are copied; subsequent 
modification of the character array does not affect the 
newly created string. 
Other forms are: 
public static String valueOf(char c) 
public static String valueOf(boolean b) 
public static String valueOf(int i) 
public static String valueOf(long l) 
public static String valueOf(float f) 
public static String valueOf(double d) 
Dr. Shahid Raza MPL
String Operations 
• toLowerCase(): Converts all of the characters in a String 
to lower case. 
• toUpperCase(): Converts all of the characters in this 
String to upper case. 
public String toLowerCase() 
public String toUpperCase() 
Eg: “HELLO THERE”.toLowerCase(); 
“hello there”.toUpperCase(); 
Dr. Shahid Raza MPL
StringBuffer 
• A StringBuffer is like a String, but can be modified. 
• The length and content of the StringBuffer sequence can 
be changed through certain method calls. 
• StringBuffer defines three constructors: 
– StringBuffer() 
– StringBuffer(int size) 
– StringBuffer(String str) 
Dr. Shahid Raza MPL
StringBuffer Operations 
• The principal operations on a StringBuffer are the append 
and insert methods, which are overloaded so as to accept 
data of any type. 
Here are few append methods: 
StringBuffer append(String str) 
StringBuffer append(int num) 
• The append method always adds these characters at the 
end of the buffer. 
Dr. Shahid Raza MPL
StringBuffer Operations 
• The insert method adds the characters at a specified point. 
Here are few insert methods: 
StringBuffer insert(int index, String str) 
StringBuffer append(int index, char ch) 
Index specifies at which point the string will be inserted into 
the invoking StringBuffer object. 
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StringBuffer Operations 
• delete() - Removes the characters in a substring of this 
StringBuffer. The substring begins at the specified start 
and extends to the character at index end - 1 or to the end 
of the StringBuffer if no such character exists. If start is 
equal to end, no changes are made. 
public StringBuffer delete(int start, int end) 
Dr. Shahid Raza MPL
StringBuffer Operations 
• replace() - Replaces the characters in a substring of this 
StringBuffer with characters in the specified String. 
public StringBuffer replace(int start, int end, 
String str) 
• substring() - Returns a new String that contains a 
subsequence of characters currently contained in this 
StringBuffer. The substring begins at the specified index 
and extends to the end of the StringBuffer. 
public String substring(int start) 
Dr. Shahid Raza MPL
StringBuffer Operations 
• reverse() - The character sequence contained in this string 
buffer is replaced by the reverse of the sequence. 
public StringBuffer reverse() 
• length() - Returns the length of this string buffer. 
public int length() 
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StringBuffer Operations 
• capacity() - Returns the current capacity of the String 
buffer. The capacity is the amount of storage available for 
newly inserted characters. 
public int capacity() 
• charAt() - The specified character of the sequence 
currently represented by the string buffer, as indicated by 
the index argument, is returned. 
public char charAt(int index) 
Dr. Shahid Raza MPL
Examples: StringBuffer 
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(“Hello”); 
sb.length(); // 5 
sb.capacity(); // 21 (16 characters room is 
added if no size is specified) 
sb.charAt(1); // e 
sb.setCharAt(1,’i’); // Hillo 
sb.setLength(2); // Hi 
sb.insert(0, “Big “); // Big Hill 
Dr. Shahid Raza MPL

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Arrays string handling java packages

  • 1. Arrays String Handling Java Packages Lecture - 4 Dr. Shahid Raza Spring,2014
  • 2. Creating Arrays" • Creating an array is a 2 step process" – It must be declared (declaration does not specify size)" " " declaration syntax:" type[] arrayName;! ! " " note the location of the []" " – It must be created (ie. memory must be allocated for the array)" " int[] grades; ! ! !// declaration! ! grades = new int[5]; ! !// Create array. ! ! ! ! ! !// specify size! ! ! ! ! !// assign new array to ! ! ! ! ! !// array variable! !
  • 3. Using initializer lists" • Another way of initializing lists is by using initializer lists." – The array is automatically created" – The array size is computed from the number of items in the list." " type[] arrayName = {initializer_list};! ! int[] grades = {100, 96, 78, 86, 93};! String[] colours = { !"Red", "Orange",! ! ! ! !"Yellow", "Green",! ! ! ! !"Blue", "Indigo",! ! ! ! !"Violet"}; !
  • 4. The main() method" • You may recall that the main method takes an array of String objects as a parameter." – This array of Strings holds the command line parameters which were passed to the java program when it was started" " public class HelloWorld! {! !public static void main(String[] args)! !{! ! !System.out.println("Hello World");! !}! }! Array holding command line parameters"
  • 5. Command line parameters" name of class containing the main() method" 0" 1" 2" 3" 4" java HelloWorld This is a test, Jim" args" This" is" Jim" a" test,"
  • 6. Multi-dimensional Arrays" • Arrays with multiple dimensions can also be created." " declaration syntax:" " type[][] arrayName;! " " each [] indicates another dimension" " • They are created and initialized in the same way as single dimensioned arrays." " int[][] grades = new int[20][5];! !! String[][] colours = !{{"Red", "Green", "Blue"},! ! ! ! ! {"Cyan", "Magenta", "Yellow"},! ! ! ! ! {"Russet", "Mauve", "Orange"}};!
  • 7. Strings • Java string is a sequence of characters. They are objects of type String. • Once a String object is created it cannot be changed. Stings are Immutable. • To get changeable strings use the class called StringBuffer. • String and StringBuffer classes are declared final, so there cannot be subclasses of these classes. • The default constructor creates an empty string. String s = new String(); Dr. Shahid Raza MPL
  • 8. Creating Strings • String str = "abc"; is equivalent to: char data[] = {'a', 'b', 'c'}; String str = new String(data); • If data array in the above example is modified after the string object str is created, then str remains unchanged. • Construct a string object by passing another string object. String str2 = new String(str); Dr. Shahid Raza MPL
  • 9. String Operations • The length() method returns the length of the string. Eg: System.out.println(“Hello”.length()); // prints 5 • The + operator is used to concatenate two or more strings. Eg: String myname = “Harry” String str = “My name is” + myname+ “.”; • For string concatenation the Java compiler converts an operand to a String whenever the other operand of the + is a String object. Dr. Shahid Raza MPL
  • 10. String Operations • Characters in a string can be extracted in a number of ways. public char charAt(int index) – Returns the character at the specified index. An index ranges from 0 to length() - 1. The first character of the sequence is at index 0, the next at index 1, and so on, as for array indexing. char ch; ch = “abc”.charAt(1); // ch = “b” Dr. Shahid Raza MPL
  • 11. String Operations • getChars() - Copies characters from this string into the destination character array. public void getChars(int srcBegin, int srcEnd, char[] dst, int dstBegin) – srcBegin - index of the first character in the string to copy. – srcEnd - index after the last character in the string to copy. – dst - the destination array. – dstBegin - the start offset in the destination array. Dr. Shahid Raza MPL
  • 12. String Operations • equals() - Compares the invoking string to the specified object. The result is true if and only if the argument is not null and is a String object that represents the same sequence of characters as the invoking object. public boolean equals(Object anObject) • equalsIgnoreCase()- Compares this String to another String, ignoring case considerations. Two strings are considered equal ignoring case if they are of the same length, and corresponding characters in the two strings are equal ignoring case. public boolean equalsIgnoreCase(String anotherString) Dr. Shahid Raza MPL
  • 13. String Operations • startsWith() – Tests if this string starts with the specified prefix. public boolean startsWith(String prefix) “Figure”.startsWith(“Fig”); // true • endsWith() - Tests if this string ends with the specified suffix. public boolean endsWith(String suffix) “Figure”.endsWith(“re”); // true Dr. Shahid Raza MPL
  • 14. String Operations • startsWith() -Tests if this string starts with the specified prefix beginning at a specified index. public boolean startsWith(String prefix, int toffset) prefix - the prefix. toffset - where to begin looking in the string. “figure”.startsWith(“gure”, 2); // true Dr. Shahid Raza MPL
  • 15. String Operations • compareTo() - Compares two strings lexicographically. – The result is a negative integer if this String object lexicographically precedes the argument string. – The result is a positive integer if this String object lexicographically follows the argument string. – The result is zero if the strings are equal. – compareTo returns 0 exactly when the equals(Object) method would return true. public int compareTo(String anotherString) public int compareToIgnoreCase(String str) Dr. Shahid Raza MPL
  • 16. String Operations indexOf – Searches for the first occurrence of a character or substring. Returns -1 if the character does not occur. public int indexOf(int ch)- Returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the specified character. public int indexOf(String str) - Returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the specified substring. String str = “How was your day today?”; str.indexof(‘t’); str.indexof(“was”); Dr. Shahid Raza MPL
  • 17. String Operations public int indexOf(int ch, int fromIndex)- Returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the specified character, starting the search at the specified index. public int indexOf(String str, int fromIndex) - Returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the specified substring, starting at the specified index. String str = “How was your day today?”; str.indexof(‘a’, 6); str(“was”, 2); Dr. Shahid Raza MPL
  • 18. String Operations lastIndexOf() –Searches for the last occurrence of a character or substring. The methods are similar to indexOf(). substring() - Returns a new string that is a substring of this string. The substring begins with the character at the specified index and extends to the end of this string. public String substring(int beginIndex) Eg: "unhappy".substring(2) returns "happy" Dr. Shahid Raza MPL
  • 19. String Operations • public String substring(int beginIndex, int endIndex) Eg: "smiles".substring(1, 5) returns "mile“ Dr. Shahid Raza MPL
  • 20. String Operations concat() - Concatenates the specified string to the end of this string. If the length of the argument string is 0, then this String object is returned. Otherwise, a new String object is created, containing the invoking string with the contents of the str appended to it. public String concat(String str) "to".concat("get").concat("her") returns "together" Dr. Shahid Raza MPL
  • 21. String Operations • replace()- Returns a new string resulting from replacing all occurrences of oldChar in this string with newChar. public String replace(char oldChar, char newChar) "mesquite in your cellar".replace('e', 'o') returns "mosquito in your collar" Dr. Shahid Raza MPL
  • 22. String Operations • trim() - Returns a copy of the string, with leading and trailing whitespace omitted. public String trim() String s = “ Hi Mom! “.trim(); S = “Hi Mom!” • valueOf() – Returns the string representation of the char array argument. public static String valueOf(char[] data) Dr. Shahid Raza MPL
  • 23. String Operations • The contents of the character array are copied; subsequent modification of the character array does not affect the newly created string. Other forms are: public static String valueOf(char c) public static String valueOf(boolean b) public static String valueOf(int i) public static String valueOf(long l) public static String valueOf(float f) public static String valueOf(double d) Dr. Shahid Raza MPL
  • 24. String Operations • toLowerCase(): Converts all of the characters in a String to lower case. • toUpperCase(): Converts all of the characters in this String to upper case. public String toLowerCase() public String toUpperCase() Eg: “HELLO THERE”.toLowerCase(); “hello there”.toUpperCase(); Dr. Shahid Raza MPL
  • 25. StringBuffer • A StringBuffer is like a String, but can be modified. • The length and content of the StringBuffer sequence can be changed through certain method calls. • StringBuffer defines three constructors: – StringBuffer() – StringBuffer(int size) – StringBuffer(String str) Dr. Shahid Raza MPL
  • 26. StringBuffer Operations • The principal operations on a StringBuffer are the append and insert methods, which are overloaded so as to accept data of any type. Here are few append methods: StringBuffer append(String str) StringBuffer append(int num) • The append method always adds these characters at the end of the buffer. Dr. Shahid Raza MPL
  • 27. StringBuffer Operations • The insert method adds the characters at a specified point. Here are few insert methods: StringBuffer insert(int index, String str) StringBuffer append(int index, char ch) Index specifies at which point the string will be inserted into the invoking StringBuffer object. Dr. Shahid Raza MPL
  • 28. StringBuffer Operations • delete() - Removes the characters in a substring of this StringBuffer. The substring begins at the specified start and extends to the character at index end - 1 or to the end of the StringBuffer if no such character exists. If start is equal to end, no changes are made. public StringBuffer delete(int start, int end) Dr. Shahid Raza MPL
  • 29. StringBuffer Operations • replace() - Replaces the characters in a substring of this StringBuffer with characters in the specified String. public StringBuffer replace(int start, int end, String str) • substring() - Returns a new String that contains a subsequence of characters currently contained in this StringBuffer. The substring begins at the specified index and extends to the end of the StringBuffer. public String substring(int start) Dr. Shahid Raza MPL
  • 30. StringBuffer Operations • reverse() - The character sequence contained in this string buffer is replaced by the reverse of the sequence. public StringBuffer reverse() • length() - Returns the length of this string buffer. public int length() Dr. Shahid Raza MPL
  • 31. StringBuffer Operations • capacity() - Returns the current capacity of the String buffer. The capacity is the amount of storage available for newly inserted characters. public int capacity() • charAt() - The specified character of the sequence currently represented by the string buffer, as indicated by the index argument, is returned. public char charAt(int index) Dr. Shahid Raza MPL
  • 32. Examples: StringBuffer StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(“Hello”); sb.length(); // 5 sb.capacity(); // 21 (16 characters room is added if no size is specified) sb.charAt(1); // e sb.setCharAt(1,’i’); // Hillo sb.setLength(2); // Hi sb.insert(0, “Big “); // Big Hill Dr. Shahid Raza MPL