How do I reverse an int array in Java?

Question

I am trying to reverse an int array in Java.

This method does not reverse the array.

for(int i = 0; i < validData.length; i++)
{
    int temp =          


        

Answer 1

public void getDSCSort(int[] data){
        for (int left = 0, right = data.length - 1; left < right; left++, right--){
            // swap the values at the left and right indices
            int temp = data[left];
            data[left]  = data[right];
            data[right] = temp;
        }
    }

Answer 2

There are already a lot of answers here, mostly focused on modifying the array in-place. But for the sake of completeness, here is another approach using Java streams to preserve the original array and create a new reversed array:

    int[] a = {8, 6, 7, 5, 3, 0, 9};
    int[] b = IntStream.rangeClosed(1, a.length).map(i -> a[a.length-i]).toArray();

Answer 3

Simple for loop!

for (int start = 0, end = array.length - 1; start <= end; start++, end--) {
    int aux = array[start];
    array[start]=array[end];
    array[end]=aux;
}

Answer 4

static int[] reverseArray(int[] a) {
     int ret[] = new int[a.length];
     for(int i=0, j=a.length-1; i<a.length && j>=0; i++, j--)
         ret[i] = a[j];
     return ret;
}

Answer 5

Collections.reverse(Arrays.asList(yourArray));

java.util.Collections.reverse() can reverse java.util.Lists and java.util.Arrays.asList() returns a list that wraps the the specific array you pass to it, therefore yourArray is reversed after the invocation of Collections.reverse().

The cost is just the creation of one List-object and no additional libraries are required.

A similar solution has been presented in the answer of Tarik and their commentors, but I think this answer would be more concise and more easily parsable.

Answer 6

public void display(){
  String x[]=new String [5];
  for(int i = 4 ; i > = 0 ; i-- ){//runs backwards

    //i is the nums running backwards therefore its printing from       
    //highest element to the lowest(ie the back of the array to the front) as i decrements

    System.out.println(x[i]);
  }
}