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 a

Answer 1

import java.util.*;
public class arrayList {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Scanner sc=new Scanner(System.in);
        ArrayList x=new ArrayList<>();
        //inserting element
        x.add(sc.next());
        x.add(sc.next());
        x.add(sc.next());
        x.add(sc.next());
        x.add(sc.next());
         //to show element
         System.out.println(x);
        //converting arraylist to stringarray
         String[]a=x.toArray(new String[x.size()]);
          for(String s:a)
           System.out.print(s+" ");
  }

}