How to Copy an Array into Another Array?


Contents of one array can be copied into another array by using the arraycopy() method of the System class in Java.

  • arraycopy() method accepts source array, source length, destination array and destination length.
  • Following program shows the use of arraycopy() method to copy the contents of one array to another.
package com.Test;

public class ArrayCopyTest{
 public static void main(String[] args){
    int[] src = new int[] {1, 2, 3, 4, 5};
    int[] dest = new int[src.length];
    System.arraycopy(src, 0, dest, 0, src.length);
    for (int i = 0; i < dest.length; i++){
       System.out.println(dest[i]);
    }
  }
}

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