Using Java’s built-in methods for arrays

Working with arrays is very common. Usually, for very common things, Java has built-in functionality. We can do many common things we’d like to do with arrays with the use of the methods on the built-in Arrays class.

Built-in Arrays class for working with arrays

The built-in Arrays class is a helper class in the java.util package. It offers many utility methods to help us efficiently work with arrays. We’ll explore some common array manipulation tasks using the Arrays class.

The toString() method

A highly useful operation you may want to perform on an array is to convert it into a String, which can be invaluable for debugging and logging purposes. To achieve this, the Arrays class offers a dedicated method called toString(). It’s important to note that this method is static, allowing us to call it directly on the Arrays class.

import java.util.Arrays;public class ArrayHelperMethods {
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