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1. reducing the length of character array    stackoverflow.com

I have a char array in string of say length 8,Its filled with 8 characters.Now i want that it should be reduced to size 5. in C we do it by ...

2. How can I create a character array in Java without a specified length?    stackoverflow.com

    char ret[] = {};

3. Returning the length of an array of chars (getting errors)    forums.oracle.com

You never declare "a" as a variable that could possibly be visible to the length method. It's only incarnation is as a parameter to the myString constructor and as such is visible within that and only that constructor. Please read up on variable scope and visibility in an introductory Java text or tutorial. This will explain all.

4. increase the length of a character array    forums.oracle.com

hello, i need to increase the length of my character array.i tred using ArrayUtils class which supports setSize method to set the size of a previously declared character array.But,i have no idea of how to import that class.i meant 'which package to use' for it. plz help me out of this thanks