How to add an element at the end of an array?

Question

I want to know how to add or append a new element to the end of an array. Is any simple way to add the element at the end? I know how to use a StringBuffer but I don\'t know

Answer 1

As many others pointed out if you are trying to add a new element at the end of list then something like, array[array.length-1]=x; should do. But this will replace the existing element.

For something like continuous addition to the array. You can keep track of the index and go on adding elements till you reach end and have the function that does the addition return you the next index, which in turn will tell you how many more elements can fit in the array.

Of course in both the cases the size of array will be predefined. Vector can be your other option since you do not want arraylist, which will allow you all the same features and functions and additionally will take care of incrementing the size.

Coming to the part where you want StringBuffer to array. I believe what you are looking for is the getChars(int srcBegin, int srcEnd,char[] dst,int dstBegin) method. Look into it that might solve your doubts. Again I would like to point out that after managing to get an array out of it, you can still only replace the last existing element(character in this case).