In python we are able to do the following:
array = [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10]
new_array= array[::3]
print(new_array)
>>>[0,3,6,9]
Is there an equivalent to this in Java? I have been looking for this type of array slicing, but I have had no luck. Any help would be great, Thanks!
If you are using Java 8, then you can make use of streams and do the following:
int [] a = new int [] {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10};
// filter out all indices that evenly divide 3
int [] sliceArr = IntStream.range(0, a.length).filter(i -> i % 3 == 0)
.map(i -> a[i]).toArray();
System.out.println(Arrays.toString(sliceArr));
Outputs:
[0, 3, 6, 9]
There is a method in Arrays that might help.
int[] newArr = Arrays.copyOfRange(arr, 5,10);
It is obviously far less powerful the the python implementation.
Java has no built-in mechanism for this. You could write a helper function:
public static int[] sliceArray(int[] arr, int spacing) {
int curr = 0;
int[] newArr = new int[((arr.length - 1) / spacing) + 1];
for (int i = 0; i < newArr.length; ++i) {
newArr[i] = arr[curr];
curr += spacing;
}
return newArr;
}
Example
Note that Michael's answer is better (or at least less verbose) if you can utilize Java 8.