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Java Java Data Structures Organizing Data Review Arrays

nazim khan
nazim khan
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Posted by nazim khan
nazim khan
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Confused with An array's length is immutable, it cannot be changed?

Hi Im bit confused with the abbve question since we can change the length of the Array using method

public static <T> T[] copyOf(T[] original, int newLength) can anyone please Explain this to me

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Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
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Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
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That doesn't really change the length of an array. It creates a new array with the new length and copies the old array into it. The old array is unchanged. It's the same way Strings are immutable. You can replace a String with an entirely different one but you can't change the content of either.