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Java 8 Array Join

In this tutorial, we will learn about how to join (merge) two or more arrays in Java 8 using Stream API.

Problem Statement

Given an arrays of string data type, merge them together and print all of its values. To implement this, we will use Stream Class of Stream API.

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.stream.IntStream;
import java.util.stream.Stream;

public class MergeArrays {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
		
     String[] s1 = new String[]{"a", "b", "c", "d"};
     String[] s2 = new String[]{"e", "f", "g", "h"};
     String[] s3 = new String[]{"i", "j", "k", "l"};

     /* joining 3 String object type arrays */
     String[] result = Stream.concat(Stream.of(s1), Stream.concat(Stream.of(s2), Stream.of(s3))).toArray(String[]::new);
        
     System.out.println(Arrays.toString(result));

     int[] int1 = new int[]{1,2,3};
     int[] int2 = new int[]{4,5,6};

     /* joining 2 int primitive type arrays */
     int[] result2 = IntStream.concat(Arrays.stream(int1), Arrays.stream(int2)).toArray();

     System.out.println(Arrays.toString(result2));

  }

}

Result :- 

[a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l]
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

References :- 

1. IntStream JavaDocs
2. Stream JavaDocs

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