How to delete the last element from an array?

Question

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Answer 1

I know its a very old thread. Still the approved answer itself didn't work for me. And this is how I resolved it.

Create a method like this:

String[] sliceArray(String[] arrayToSlice, int startIndex, int endIndex) throws ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException {
    if (startIndex < 0)
        throw new ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException("Wrong startIndex = " + startIndex);
    if (endIndex >= arrayToSlice.length)
        throw new ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException("Wrong endIndex = " + endIndex);

    if (startIndex > endIndex) { // Then swap them!
        int x = startIndex;
        startIndex = endIndex;
        endIndex = x;
    }

    ArrayList newArr = new ArrayList<>();
    Collections.addAll(newArr, arrayToSlice);
    for (int i = 0; i < arrayToSlice.length; i++) {
        if (!(i >= startIndex && i <= endIndex)) // If not with in the start & end indices, remove the index
            newArr.remove(i);
    }
    return newArr.toArray(new String[newArr.size()]);
}

Then called it like this:

String lines[] = {"One", "Two", "Three", "Four", "Five"};
lines = sliceArray(lines, 0, 3);

This will result in:

"One", "Two", "Three", "Four"

Now I can slice the array in whichever way I want!

lines = sliceArray(lines, 2, 3);

This will result in:

"Three", "Four"