Removing unfilled values or null values from array of String in Java

Question

I have following String Array tmp = [null, null, null, Mars, Saturn, Mars] coming after doing the operation - allSig[d3].split(\" \"); where

Answer 1

You're creating an array with same size as the original one. So it's the same as the original array, as you copy non null values and default values are null.

Do this :

public static String[] removeElements(String[] allElements) {
    // 1 : count
    int n = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < allElements.length; i++)
        if (allElements[i] != null) n++;

    // 2 : allocate new array
    String[] _localAllElements = new String[n];

    // 3 : copy not null elements
    int j = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < allElements.length; i++)
        if (allElements[i] != null)
            _localAllElements[j++] = allElements[i];

    return _localAllElements;
}