The
getChars(int srcBegin, int srcEnd, char[] dst, int dstBegin) method of StringBuilder class
copies the characters starting at the given index:srcBegin to index:srcEnd-1 from String contained by StringBuilder into an array of char passed as parameter to function.
- The characters are copied from StringBuilder into the array dst[] starting at index:dstBegin and ending at index:dstbegin + (srcEnd-srcBegin) - 1.
- The first character to be copied from StringBuilder to array is at index srcBegin and the last character to be copied is at index srcEnd-1.
- The total number of characters to be copied is equal to srcEnd-srcBegin.
Syntax:
public void getChars(int srcBegin, int srcEnd,
char[] dst, int dstBegin)
Parameters: This method accepts four different parameters:
- srcBegin: represents index on which we have to start copying.
- srcEnd: represents index on which we have to stop copying.
- dst: represents the array to copy the data into.
- dstBegin: represents index of dest array we start pasting the copied data.
Return Value: This method does not return anything.
Exception: This method throws
StringIndexOutOfBoundsException if:
- srcBegin < 0
- dstBegin < 0
- srcBegin > srcEnd
- srcEnd > this.length()
- dstBegin+srcEnd-srcBegin > dst.length
Below programs demonstrate the getChars() method of StringBuilder Class:
Example 1:
Output:
String = WelcomeGeeks
Char array contains : W e l c o m e
Example 2:
Output:
String = evil dead_01
char array contains : _ _ _ d e a d _ _ _
Example 3: To demonstrate StringIndexOutOfBoundException
