How to split a string array into small chunk arrays in java?

Question

Below is the example of the code snippet which needs the help

Example:

[1,2,3,4,5]

• if the chunk size is 1,

Answer 1

Just stumbled upon this post after encountering the same question. Here is how I solved it (I used Arrays.copyOfRange():

public static int[][] splitArray(int[] arrayToSplit, int chunkSize){
    if(chunkSize<=0){
        return null;  // just in case :)
    }
    // first we have to check if the array can be split in multiple 
    // arrays of equal 'chunk' size
    int rest = arrayToSplit.length % chunkSize;  // if rest>0 then our last array will have less elements than the others 
    // then we check in how many arrays we can split our input array
    int chunks = arrayToSplit.length / chunkSize + (rest > 0 ? 1 : 0); // we may have to add an additional array for the 'rest'
    // now we know how many arrays we need and create our result array
    int[][] arrays = new int[chunks][];
    // we create our resulting arrays by copying the corresponding 
    // part from the input array. If we have a rest (rest>0), then
    // the last array will have less elements than the others. This 
    // needs to be handled separately, so we iterate 1 times less.
    for(int i = 0; i < (rest > 0 ? chunks - 1 : chunks); i++){
        // this copies 'chunk' times 'chunkSize' elements into a new array
        arrays[i] = Arrays.copyOfRange(arrayToSplit, i * chunkSize, i * chunkSize + chunkSize);
    }
    if(rest > 0){ // only when we have a rest
        // we copy the remaining elements into the last chunk
        arrays[chunks - 1] = Arrays.copyOfRange(arrayToSplit, (chunks - 1) * chunkSize, (chunks - 1) * chunkSize + rest);
    }
    return arrays; // that's it
}

And the results:

chunkSize = 1
[1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
[5]

chunkSize = 2
[1, 2]
[3, 4]
[5]

chunkSize = 3
[1, 2, 3]
[4, 5]

chunkSize = 4
[1, 2, 3, 4]
[5]

chunkSize = 5
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

chunkSize = 6
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]