In Java, as we all know ArrayList class is derived from the List interface. Here we are given an ArrayList of strings and the task is to convert the ArrayList to a string array.
Illustration:
Input : ArrayList = [ "Geeks", "for", "Geeks" ]
Output: String[] = {"Geeks", "for", "Geeks"}
Input : ArrayList = [ "Jupiter", "Saturn", "Uranus", "Neptune", "Sun"]
Output: String[] = {"Jupiter", "Saturn", "Uranus", "Neptune", "Sun"}
Methods:
- Using get() method of ArrayList class
- Using toArray() method of ArrayList class
- Using copyOf() method of Arrays class
Method 1: Using ArrayList.get() Method of ArrayList class
Syntax:Â
str[j] = a1.get(j)
Approach:Â
- Get the ArrayList of Strings.
- Find the size of ArrayList using size() method, and Create a String Array of this size.
- Fetch each element of the ArrayList one by one using get() method.
- Assigned each element into String Array using assignment(=) operator.
- Printing string array.
Example:
Java
// Java Program to Convert ArrayList to Array// using toArray() MethodÂ
// Importing required classesimport java.util.ArrayList;import java.util.Arrays;Â
// Main classclass GFG {Â
    // Main driver method    public static void main(String[] args)    {Â
        // Creating an empty ArrayList of string type        ArrayList<String> al = new ArrayList<String>();Â
        // Populating the ArrayList by custom elements        al.add("Anshul Aggarwal");        al.add("Mayank Solanki");        al.add("Abhishek Kelenia");        al.add("Vivek Gupta");Â
        String[] str = new String[al.size()];Â
        for (int i = 0; i < al.size(); i++) {            str[i] = al.get(i);        }Â
        // Printing using for each loop        for (String k : str) {            System.out.println(k);        }    }} |
Output
Anshul Aggarwal Mayank Solanki Abhishek Kelenia Vivek Gupta
Method 2: Using toArray() method of ArrayList classÂ
Here we will be creating an object array to store elements received from ArrayList by creating an array of strings.
Syntax:Â
Object[] arr = a1.toArray() String str = (String)obj;
Approach:Â
- Get the ArrayList of String.
- Convert ArrayList to Object array using toArray() method.
- Iterate and convert each element to the desired type using typecasting. Here it is converted to String type and added to the string array.
- Print the string array
Example:
Java
// Java Program to Convert ArrayList to Array// using toArray() MethodÂ
// Importing required classesimport java.util.*;Â
// Main classclass GFG {Â
    // Main driver method    public static void main(String[] args)    {Â
        // Creating an empty ArrayList of string type        ArrayList<String> al = new ArrayList<String>();Â
        // Populating the ArrayList by custom elements        al.add("Anshul Aggarwal");        al.add("Mayank Solanki");        al.add("Abhishek Kelenia");        al.add("Vivek Gupta");Â
        // Converting above List to array using toArray()        // method and storing it in an string array        String k[] = al.toArray(new String[al.size()]);Â
        // Iterating over above string array        for (String str : k) {Â
            // Printing the elements in above array            System.out.println(str);        }    }} |
Output
Anshul Aggarwal Mayank Solanki Abhishek Kelenia Vivek Gupta
Method 3: Using copyOf() method of Arrays classÂ
Syntax:Â
Object[] gfg = a1.toArray() String[] str = Arrays.copyOf(gfg, gfg.length, String[].class);
 Approach:Â
- Get the ArrayList of String.
- Convert ArrayList to Object array using toArray() method.
- Convert it to String Array using Arrays.copyOf() method.
- Print String Array.
Example:
Java
// Java Program to Convert ArrayList to Array// using toArray() MethodÂ
// Importing required classesimport java.util.*;Â
// Main classclass GFG {Â
    // Main driver method    public static void main(String[] args)    {Â
        // Creating an empty ArrayList of string type        ArrayList<String> al = new ArrayList<String>();Â
        // Populating the ArrayList by custom elements        al.add("Anshul Aggarwal");        al.add("Mayank Solanki");        al.add("Abhishek Kelenia");        al.add("Vivek Gupta");Â
        String[] answer = Arrays.copyOf(            al.toArray(), al.size(), String[].class);        System.out.println(Arrays.toString(answer));    }} |
Output
[Anshul Aggarwal, Mayank Solanki, Abhishek Kelenia, Vivek Gupta]
