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  • Length attribute in Java: Finding the size of an array


    You might already know from the previous blogs that an array is a list or collection of homogeneous elements or a collection of elements of the same data type, So in this tutorial, we will look into how to find the length of an array and few useful practice programs for you where you will need to use the length of the array.

    So let us with this table of content…
    How to find the length of an array in java using the length field
    Searching for a value in array using length field in java
    Searching for the minimum value from the array using the length field in java
    Searching for the maximum value from the array using the length field in java
    Let us now jump into finding the length of an array using the length field in java.

    How to find the length of an array in java using the length field

    The length field or attribute in java returns the size or the number of elements present in the array, irrespective of the index of the last element in the array since the indexing starts at 0.

    Let me show you an example
    
    import java.util.*;
    // Example program for finding the length of an array
    public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
    String[] strArr = { "Get", "The", "Best", "Java", "Training", "At", "FITA", "Academy" };
    int arrLen = strArr.length; // array length field
    System.out.println("length of the array strArr: " + arrLen);
    }
    }
    
    Output for the above program will be
    
    length of the array strArr: 8
    
    You might get confused with the length method. The length variable works on arrays to return size such as an array.length whereas the length() method works with strings to return the size of the string. Let me clear with an example
    
    import java.io.*;
     
    // Example
    class Main {
    // driver method
    public static void main(String args[]) {
    String strArr[] = { "Get", "The", "Best", "Java", "Training", "At", "FITA", "Academy" };
    System.out.println("Length of string array strArr" + strArr.length);
    String str = "Get The Best Java Training At FITA Academy";
    System.out.println("Length of string str" + str.length());
    }
    }
    Output for the above program will be
    
    Length of string array strArr: 8
    Length of string str: 42
    

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    Using the length field on uninitialized arrays would throw you a compiler error and if you try to find the length of a null array it will throw a java.lang.NullPointerException. To avoid this, let us modify our program to find the length of the array without errors.

    import java.io.*;
     
    // Example program for finding the length of an array
    public class Main {
    private static void arrayLength(String[] strarr) {
    if (strarr == null) {
    System.out.println("Length cannot be determined for the array, "+strarr);
    } else {
    int arrLen = strarr.length;
    System.out.println("The length of the array is: " + arrLen);
    }
    }
     
    public static void main(String[] args) {
    String[] myArr_1 = { "F","I","T","A", "A","c","a","d","e","m","y" };
    String[] myArr_2 = { "Java", "T","r","a","i","n","i","n","g" };
    String[] myArr_3 = { "123", "1", "2", "3", "5432" };
    String[] myArr_4 = { "Java","Training" };
    arrayLength(null);
    arrayLength(myArr_1);
    arrayLength(myArr_2);
    arrayLength(myArr_3);
    arrayLength(myArr_4);
    }
    }
      Output for the above program will be
    
    Length cannot be determined for the array, null
    The length of the array is: 11
    The length of the array is: 9
    The length of the array is: 5
    The length of the array is: 2

    After learning how to find the length of an array in Java, let us now learn how to search for a value in an array using the length field in java.

    Searching for a value in array using length field in java

    For searching a specific value in the array, we will loop through all the elements of the array, and compare each value with the specific value, and break out of the loop if the value is found else, print that the value is not found in the array.

    We will need to have the length of the array to use for loop for determining how many times we will need to loop.

    Here is a program for it.
    
    import java.io.*;
     
    // searching for a specific value using length of the array, and a for loop
    public class Main {
    private static boolean Search(String[] strArr, String input) {
    if (strArr != null) { // check if array is nul
    int arrLen = strArr.length
    for (int i = 0; i <= arrLen - 1; i++) 
    String value = strArr[i]
    if (value.equals(input)) { // comparing with each elemen
    return true;
     
    }
    }
    }
    return false;
     
    }
     
    public static void main(String[] args) {
    String StringArray[] = { "Get", "The", "Best", "Java", "Training", "At", "FITA", "Academy" };
    String searchfor[] = { "Worst", "FITA", "BEST","java","Java","Get" };
    for (int i = 0; i <= searchfor.length -1; i++) {
    boolean x=Search(StringArray, searchfor[i])
    if (x) {
    System.out.print("found your string "+searchfor[i]+" in my array");
    } else {
    System.out.print("Cannot find your "+searchfor[i]+" string in my array");
    }
    System.out.println();
    }
    }
    }
    
    Output for the above program
    
    Cannot find your Worst string in my array
    found your string FITA in my array
    Cannot find your BEST string in my array
    Cannot find your java string in my array
    found your string Java in my array
    found your string Get in my array

    After learning how to search for a value from an array in Java, let us now learn how to search for the least value in an array using the length field in java.

    Searching for the minimum value from the array using the length field in java

    Let us write a program for finding the minimum value of elements in the array, by comparing each value with the other, and using the length of the array and a for loop.

    
    import java.io.*;
    // example program for searching for the minimum value from the elements of an array.
    public class Main {
    private static int minimum(int[] myArr) {
    int minVal = myArr[0];
    int arrLen = myArr.length;
    for (int i = 1; i <= arrLen - 1; i++) {
    int element = myArr[i];
    if (element < minVal) {
    minVal = element;
    }
    }
    return minVal;
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
    int[] inArr = { 20, 0, 0, 80, 12, 1, 4, 45, 78, 98 };
    int inArrLen = inArr.length;
    System.out.print("Elements in the array: ")
    System.out.println();
    for (int i = 1; i <= inArrLen - 1; i++) 
    System.out.print(inArr[i]+" ");
    }
    System.out.println();
    System.out.println("The Minimum element from the above array: " + minimum(inArr));
    }
    
    Output for the above program
    
    Elements in the array:
    0 0 80 12 1 4 45 78 98
     
    The minimum element from the above array: 0

    After learning how to search for the least value from an array in Java, let us now learn how to search for the highest value in an array using the length field in java.

    Searching for the maximum value from the array using the length field in java

    Let us write a program for finding the minimum value of elements in the array, by comparing each value with the other, and using the length of the array and a for loop.

    import java.io.*;
     
    // Example program for searching for the minimum value from the elements of an array.
    public class Main {
    private static int minimum(int[] myArr) {
    int maxVal = myArr[0];
    int arrLen = myArr.length;
    for (int i = 1; i <= arrLen - 1; i++) {
    int element = myArr[i];
    if (element > maxVal) {
    maxVal = element;
    }
    }
    return maxVal;
    }
     
    public static void main(String[] args) {
    int[] inArr = { 20, 0, 0, 80, 12, 1, 4, 45, 78, 98 };
    System.out.println("The min element in the myArr: " + minimum(inArr));
    }
    }
    
    Output for the above program
    
    The min element in the myArr: 98
    

    This was all about finding the length of arrays in java, finding the minimum and maximum value or an input value by the user from the array using the length field in java, along with few practice problems. To get in-depth knowledge of core Java and advanced java, J2EE and SOA training along with its various applications and real-time projects using Servlets, Spring with Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP) architecture, Hibernate Framework, and Struts through JDBC you can enroll in Certified Java Training in Chennai or Certified Java Training in Bangalore by FITA or a virtual class for this course, at an affordable price, bundled with real-time projects, certification, support, and career guidance assistance and an active placement cell, to make you an industry required certified java developer.

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