How can I declare dynamic String array in Java

Question

I am using String Array declare as zoom z[]=new String[422];. But this array stores value from 0 to 32, so I got null pointer except

Answer 1

You want to use a Set or List implementation (e.g. HashSet, TreeSet, etc, or ArrayList, LinkedList, etc..), since Java does not have dynamically sized arrays.

List<String> zoom = new ArrayList<>();
zoom.add("String 1");
zoom.add("String 2");

for (String z : zoom) {
    System.err.println(z);
}

Edit: Here is a more succinct way to initialize your List with an arbitrary number of values using varargs:

List<String> zoom = Arrays.asList("String 1", "String 2", "String n");

Answer 2

Maybe you are looking for Vector. It's capacity is automatically expanded if needed. It's not the best choice but will do in simple situations. It's worth your time to read up on ArrayList instead.

Answer 3

The Array.newInstance(Class<?> componentType, int length) method is to be used to create an array with dynamically length.

Multi-dimensional arrays can be created similarly with the Array.newInstance(Class<?> componentType, int... dimensions) method.

Answer 4

What your looking for is the DefaultListModel - Dynamic String List Variable.

Here is a whole class that uses the DefaultListModel as though it were the TStringList of Delphi. The difference is that you can add Strings to the list without limitation and you have the same ability at getting a single entry by specifying the entry int.

FileName: StringList.java

package YOUR_PACKAGE_GOES_HERE;

//This is the StringList Class by i2programmer
//You may delete these comments
//This code is offered freely at no requirements
//You may alter the code as you wish
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.FileWriter;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
import javax.swing.DefaultListModel;

public class StringList {

    public static String OutputAsString(DefaultListModel list, int entry) {
        return GetEntry(list, entry);
    }

    public static Object OutputAsObject(DefaultListModel list, int entry) {
        return GetEntry(list, entry);
    }

    public static int OutputAsInteger(DefaultListModel list, int entry) {
        return Integer.parseInt(list.getElementAt(entry).toString());
    }

    public static double OutputAsDouble(DefaultListModel list, int entry) {
        return Double.parseDouble(list.getElementAt(entry).toString());
    }

    public static byte OutputAsByte(DefaultListModel list, int entry) {
        return Byte.parseByte(list.getElementAt(entry).toString());
    }

    public static char OutputAsCharacter(DefaultListModel list, int entry) {
        return list.getElementAt(entry).toString().charAt(0);
    }

    public static String GetEntry(DefaultListModel list, int entry) {
        String result = "";
        result = list.getElementAt(entry).toString();
        return result;
    }

    public static void AddEntry(DefaultListModel list, String entry) {
        list.addElement(entry);
    }

    public static void RemoveEntry(DefaultListModel list, int entry) {
        list.removeElementAt(entry);
    }

    public static DefaultListModel StrToList(String input, String delimiter) {
        DefaultListModel dlmtemp = new DefaultListModel();
        input = input.trim();
        delimiter = delimiter.trim();
        while (input.toLowerCase().contains(delimiter.toLowerCase())) {
            int index = input.toLowerCase().indexOf(delimiter.toLowerCase());
            dlmtemp.addElement(input.substring(0, index).trim());
            input = input.substring(index + delimiter.length(), input.length()).trim();
        }
        return dlmtemp;
    }

    public static String ListToStr(DefaultListModel list, String delimiter) {
        String result = "";
        for (int i = 0; i < list.size(); i++) {
            result = list.getElementAt(i).toString() + delimiter;
        }
        result = result.trim();
        return result;
    }

    public static String LoadFile(String inputfile) throws IOException {
        int len;
        char[] chr = new char[4096];
        final StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
        final FileReader reader = new FileReader(new File(inputfile));
        try {
            while ((len = reader.read(chr)) > 0) {
                buffer.append(chr, 0, len);
            }
        } finally {
            reader.close();
        }
        return buffer.toString();
    }

    public static void SaveFile(String outputfile, String outputstring) {
        try {
            FileWriter f0 = new FileWriter(new File(outputfile));
            f0.write(outputstring);
            f0.flush();
            f0.close();
        } catch (IOException ex) {
            Logger.getLogger(StringList.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        }
    }
}

OutputAs methods are for outputting an entry as int, double, etc... so that you don't have to convert from string on the other side.

SaveFile & LoadFile are to save and load strings to and from files.

StrToList & ListToStr are to place delimiters between each entry.

ex. 1<>2<>3<>4<> if "<>" is the delimiter and 1 2 3 & 4 are the entries.

AddEntry & GetEntry are to add and get strings to and from the DefaultListModel.

RemoveEntry is to delete a string from the DefaultListModel.

You use the DefaultListModel instead of an array here like this:

DefaultListModel list = new DefaultListModel();
//now that you have a list, you can run it through the above class methods.

Answer 5

no, there is no way to make array length dynamic in java. you can use ArrayList or other List implementations instead.