How to turn a given String into a Array?

Question

Given a String, say String s = "abcderfh";

How would you turn this into a String Array.

Thank you in Advance.....

I guess that you mean a "char" array instead of a String array since you give an example with a single word. — lc2817
– lc2817, Commented Nov 3, 2011 at 5:47
A String array containing what? The individual characters? An array with just one element, that string? Something else? — Laurence Gonsalves
– Laurence Gonsalves, Commented Nov 3, 2011 at 5:49
@Laurence : An array of string objects that contain single letters. A single letter can be a string. — Stefan H
– Stefan H, Commented Nov 3, 2011 at 5:52

lc2817 · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-03 05:51:30Z

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If you would like to obtain an array of characters, you should use the toCharArray() method on the String.

So you can do this:

String s = "abcderfh";
char[] myarray = s.toCharArray()

answered Nov 3, 2011 at 5:46

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Bohemian · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-03 05:50:05Z

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If you mean an array of String, where each element is one letter, do this:

String s = "abcderfh";
String[] letters = s.split("(?<=.)"); // split after every character
System.out.println(Arrays.toString(letters));

Output:

[a, b, c, d, e, r, f, h]

answered Nov 3, 2011 at 5:50

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Why the downvote? This is a valid answer given the vague question.

casper60 · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-03 05:48:21Z

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You can find a great example right here:

answered Nov 3, 2011 at 5:48

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It is not at all about JQuery, it is a Java question.