Creating Arrays in Java

Arrays are objects in java, and for that we create them using new operator.

For primitive data types:

For non-primitive data types:

Once you specify the size of array, you can't change it later.

Assigning values to arrays:

For primitive data types:

For non-primitive types:

It will create objects in the heap and assign it to the the array elements.

To copy one array to another one you can use arraycopy method from System class:


It will copy values from index 1 of myStrings to copiedStrings. So copiedStrings will look like this.