Java .toCharArray()

The method .toCharArray() returns a new character array from the given string. The length of the array is equal to the length of the original string.

Syntax

string.toCharArray()

• string is the string to be transformed to a new array of characters.
• This method doesn’t take any parameters.

Example

The example below uses the .toCharArray() method to create a new array, uses a loop to iterate through the array, and prints each character:

// Example.java
class Example {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    String salutation = "Hello Codecademy!";

    char[] textArray = salutation.toCharArray();

    for (int i = 0; i < textArray.length; i++) {
        System.out.println(textArray[i]);
      }
  }
}

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This will produce the following output:

H
e
l
l
o

C
o
d
e
c
a
d
e
m
y
!

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