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.

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Answer 1

Here is a simple implementation, to reverse array of any type, plus full/partial support.

import java.util.logging.Logger;

public final class ArrayReverser {
 private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(ArrayReverser.class.getName());

 private ArrayReverser () {

 }

 public static <T> void reverse(T[] seed) {
    reverse(seed, 0, seed.length);
 }

 public static <T> void reverse(T[] seed, int startIndexInclusive, int endIndexExclusive) {
    if (seed == null || seed.length == 0) {
        LOGGER.warning("Nothing to rotate");
    }
    int start = startIndexInclusive < 0 ? 0 : startIndexInclusive;
    int end = Math.min(seed.length, endIndexExclusive) - 1;
    while (start < end) {
        swap(seed, start, end);
        start++;
        end--;
    }
}

 private static <T> void swap(T[] seed, int start, int end) {
    T temp =  seed[start];
    seed[start] = seed[end];
    seed[end] = temp;
 }  

}

Here is the corresponding Unit Test

import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;

import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;

public class ArrayReverserTest {
private Integer[] seed;

@Before
public void doBeforeEachTestCase() {
    this.seed = new Integer[]{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8};
}

@Test
public void wholeArrayReverse() {
    ArrayReverser.<Integer>reverse(seed);
    assertThat(seed[0], is(8));
}

 @Test
 public void partialArrayReverse() {
    ArrayReverser.<Integer>reverse(seed, 1, 5);
    assertThat(seed[1], is(5));
 }
}

Answer 2

With Guava:

Collections.reverse(Ints.asList(array));

Answer 3

There are some great answers above, but this is how I did it:

public static int[] test(int[] arr) {

    int[] output = arr.clone();
    for (int i = arr.length - 1; i > -1; i--) {
        output[i] = arr[arr.length - i - 1];
    }
    return output;
}

Answer 4

Here is what I've come up with:

// solution 1 - boiler plated 
Integer[] original = {100, 200, 300, 400};
Integer[] reverse = new Integer[original.length];

int lastIdx = original.length -1;
int startIdx = 0;

for (int endIdx = lastIdx; endIdx >= 0; endIdx--, startIdx++)
   reverse[startIdx] = original[endIdx];

System.out.printf("reverse form: %s", Arrays.toString(reverse));

// solution 2 - abstracted 
// convert to list then use Collections static reverse()
List<Integer> l = Arrays.asList(original);
Collections.reverse(l);
System.out.printf("reverse form: %s", l);

Answer 5

There are two ways to have a solution for the problem:

1. Reverse an array in space.

Step 1. Swap the elements at the start and the end index.

Step 2. Increment the start index decrement the end index.

Step 3. Iterate Step 1 and Step 2 till start index < end index

For this, the time complexity will be O(n) and the space complexity will be O(1)

Sample code for reversing an array in space is like:

public static int[] reverseAnArrayInSpace(int[] array) {
    int startIndex = 0;
    int endIndex = array.length - 1;
    while(startIndex < endIndex) {
        int temp = array[endIndex];
        array[endIndex] = array[startIndex];
        array[startIndex] = temp;
        startIndex++;
        endIndex--;
    }
    return array;
}

2. Reverse an array using an auxiliary array.

Step 1. Create a new array of size equal to the given array.

Step 2. Insert elements to the new array starting from the start index, from the given array starting from end index.

For this, the time complexity will be O(n) and the space complexity will be O(n)

Sample code for reversing an array with auxiliary array is like:

public static int[] reverseAnArrayWithAuxiliaryArray(int[] array) {
    int[] reversedArray = new int[array.length];
    for(int index = 0; index < array.length; index++) {
        reversedArray[index] = array[array.length - index -1]; 
    }
    return reversedArray;
}

Also, we can use the Collections API from Java to do this.

The Collections API internally uses the same reverse in space approach.

Sample code for using the Collections API is like:

public static Integer[] reverseAnArrayWithCollections(Integer[] array) {
    List<Integer> arrayList = Arrays.asList(array);
    Collections.reverse(arrayList);
    return arrayList.toArray(array);
}

Answer 6

below is the complete program to run in your machine.

public class ReverseArray {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        int arr[] = new int[] { 10,20,30,50,70 };
        System.out.println("reversing an array:");
        for(int i = 0; i < arr.length / 2; i++){
            int temp = arr[i];
            arr[i] = arr[arr.length - i - 1];
            arr[arr.length - i - 1] = temp;
        }
        for (int i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
            System.out.println(arr[i]);
        }   
    }
}

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