Arrays ****** Sample ====== :: String[] names = new String[100]; names[0] = "Peter"; names[1] = "Alison"; for (int i = 0; i < names.length; i++) { System.out.println("Name: " + names[i]); } Initialise ========== To initialise an array: :: private static final String[] TEST_DATA = {"400", "401", "402", "403", "406", "408", "409"}; Convert ======= List ---- Convert an array to a list: :: import java.util.Arrays; Arrays.asList(TEST_DATA) Note: This will only work for arrays of Objects **NOT** primitive types. String ------ *toString* To convert an array to a string (Java 1.5 and above): :: String[] names = {"Peter", "Alison", "Barry", "Martin"}; System.out.println(Arrays.toString(names)); To do the same thing in Java 1.4: :: Arrays.asList(result).toString() *Character Array* To convert a character array, ``char[]`` to a ``String``: :: String pass = new String(event.getCharArray());