Convert Character Array To String In Java

Strings are defined as an array of characters. The difference between a character array and a string is the string is terminated with a special character “\0”. A character array can be converted to a string and vice versa. In the previous article, we have already discussed how to convert a string to a character array. In this article, we will discuss how to convert a character array to a string.

Examples:

Input: char s[] = { ‘g’, ‘e’, ‘e’, ‘k’, ‘s’, ‘f’, ‘o’, ‘r’, ‘g’, ‘e’, ‘e’, ‘k’, ‘s’ }
Output: “geeksforgeeks”

Input: char s[] = { ‘c’, ‘o’, ‘d’, ‘i’, ‘n’, ‘g’ }
Output: “coding”

Method 1: The given character can be passed into the String constructor. By default, the character array contents are copied using the Arrays.copyOf() method present in the Arrays class.

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// Java program to demonstrate the
// conversion of a char[] array
// to a string
  
public class GFG {
  
    // Function to convert a character
    // array to a string using the
    // constructor
    public static String toString(char[] a)
    {
        String string = new String(a);
        return string;
    }
  
    // Driver code
    public static void main(String args[])
    {
  
        // Character array
        char s[] = { 'g', 'e', 'e', 'k',
                     's', 'f', 'o', 'r',
                     'g', 'e', 'e', 'k', 's' };
  
        // Print final output of char arr[]->string
        System.out.println(toString(s));
    }
}

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Method 2: Another way to convert a character array to a string is to use the StringBuilder class. Since a StringBuilder is a mutable class, therefore, the idea is to iterate through the character array and append each character at the end of the string. Finally, the string contains the string form of the characters. 


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// Java program to demonstrate the 


// conversion of a char[] array 


// to a string 


  


public class GFG { 


  


    // Function to convert a character 


    // array to a string using the 


    // StringBuilder class 


    public static String toString(char[] a) 


    { 


        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); 


  


        //Using append() method to create a string 


        for (int i = 0; i < a.length; i++) { 


            sb.append(a[i]); 


        } 


  


        return sb.toString(); 


    } 


  


    // Driver code 


    public static void main(String args[]) 


    { 


  


        // Defining character array 


        char s[] = { 'g', 'e', 'e', 'k', 


                     's', 'f', 'o', 'r', 


                     'g', 'e', 'e', 'k', 's' }; 


  


        System.out.println(toString(s)); 


    } 


} 



















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Method 3: Another way to convert a character array to a string is to use the valueOf() method present in the String class. This method inherently converts the character array to a format where the entire value of the characters present in the array is displayed. In short, the array is converted to a String. 


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// Java program to demonstrate the 


// conversion of a char[] array 


// to a string 


  


public class GFG { 


  


    // Function to convert a character 


    // array to a string using the 


    // valueOf() method 


    public static String toString(char[] a) 


    { 


        String string = String.valueOf(a); 


  


        return string; 


    } 


  


    // Driver code 


    public static void main(String args[]) 


    { 


      


        // Defining character array 


        char s[] = { 'g', 'e', 'e', 'k', 


                     's', 'f', 'o', 'r', 


                     'g', 'e', 'e', 'k', 's' }; 


  


        System.out.println(toString(s)); 


    } 


} 



















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