Remove a specific string from an array of string

Question

I have an array like this:

String n[] = {\"google\",\"microsoft\",\"apple\"};

What I want to do is to remove \"apple\".

My problem

Answer 1

You can't remove anything from an array - they're always fixed length. Once you've created an array of length 3, that array will always have length 3.

You'd be better off with a List, e.g. an ArrayList:

List list = new ArrayList();
list.add("google");
list.add("microsoft");
list.add("apple");
System.out.println(list.size()); // 3

list.remove("apple");
System.out.println(list.size()); // 2

Collections like this are generally much more flexible than working with arrays directly.

EDIT: For removal:

void removeRandomElement(List list, Random random)
{
    int index = random.nextInt(list.size());
    list.remove(index);
}