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Filling an array
The Java standard library Arrays also has a fill( ) method, but that is rather trivial; it only duplicates a single value into each location, or in the case of objects, copies the same reference into each location. Using Arrays2.toString( ), the Arrays.fill( ) methods can be easily demonstrated:
//: c11:FillingArrays.java
// Using Arrays.fill()
import com.bruceeckel.simpletest.*;
import com.bruceeckel.util.*;
import java.util.*;
public class FillingArrays {
private static Test monitor = new Test();
public static void main(String[] args) {
int size = 6;
// Or get the size from the command line:
if(args.length != 0)
size = Integer.parseInt(args[0]);
boolean[] a1 = new boolean[size];
byte[] a2 = new byte[size];
char[] a3 = new char[size];
short[] a4 = new short[size];
int[] a5 = new int[size];
long[] a6 = new long[size];
float[] a7 = new float[size];
double[] a8 = new double[size];
String[] a9 = new String[size];
Arrays.fill(a1, true);
System.out.println("a1 = " + Arrays2.toString(a1));
Arrays.fill(a2, (byte)11);
System.out.println("a2 = " + Arrays2.toString(a2));
Arrays.fill(a3, 'x');
System.out.println("a3 = " + Arrays2.toString(a3));
Arrays.fill(a4, (short)17);
System.out.println("a4 = " + Arrays2.toString(a4));
Arrays.fill(a5, 19);
System.out.println("a5 = " + Arrays2.toString(a5));
Arrays.fill(a6, 23);
System.out.println("a6 = " + Arrays2.toString(a6));
Arrays.fill(a7, 29);
System.out.println("a7 = " + Arrays2.toString(a7));
Arrays.fill(a8, 47);
System.out.println("a8 = " + Arrays2.toString(a8));
Arrays.fill(a9, "Hello");
System.out.println("a9 = " + Arrays.asList(a9));
// Manipulating ranges:
Arrays.fill(a9, 3, 5, "World");
System.out.println("a9 = " + Arrays.asList(a9));
monitor.expect(new String[] {
"a1 = [true, true, true, true, true, true]",
"a2 = [11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11]",
"a3 = [x, x, x, x, x, x]",
"a4 = [17, 17, 17, 17, 17, 17]",
"a5 = [19, 19, 19, 19, 19, 19]",
"a6 = [23, 23, 23, 23, 23, 23]",
"a7 = [29.0, 29.0, 29.0, 29.0, 29.0, 29.0]",
"a8 = [47.0, 47.0, 47.0, 47.0, 47.0, 47.0]",
"a9 = [Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello]",
"a9 = [Hello, Hello, Hello, World, World, Hello]"
});
}
} ///:~
You can either fill the entire array or, as the last two statements show, a range of elements. But since you can only provide a single value to use for filling using Arrays.fill( ), the Arrays2.fill( ) methods produce much more interesting results.
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