Joins array elements into a single String: specify the start index and end index. : String Join « Data Type « Java Tutorial

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import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class Main {

  /**
   * Joins the elements of the provided array into a single String
   * containing the provided list of elements.
   *
   * No delimiter is added before or after the list.
   * A <code>null</code> separator is the same as an empty String ("").
   * Null objects or empty strings within the array are represented by
   * empty strings.
   *
   * <pre>
   * StringUtils.join(null, *)                = null
   * StringUtils.join([], *)                  = ""
   * StringUtils.join([null], *)              = ""
   * StringUtils.join(["a", "b", "c"], "--")  = "a--b--c"
   * StringUtils.join(["a", "b", "c"], null)  = "abc"
   * StringUtils.join(["a", "b", "c"], "")    = "abc"
   * StringUtils.join([null, "", "a"], ',')   = ",,a"
   * </pre>
   *
   * @param array  the array of values to join together, may be null
   * @param separator  the separator character to use, null treated as ""
   * @param startIndex the first index to start joining from.  It is
   * an error to pass in an end index past the end of the array
   * @param endIndex the index to stop joining from (exclusive). It is
   * an error to pass in an end index past the end of the array
   * @return the joined String, <code>null</code> if null array input
   */
  public static String join(Object[] array, String separator, int startIndex, int endIndex) {
      if (array == null) {
          return null;
      }
      if (separator == null) {
          separator = "";
      }

      // endIndex - startIndex > 0:   Len = NofStrings *(len(firstString) + len(separator))
      //           (Assuming that all Strings are roughly equally long)
      int bufSize = (endIndex - startIndex);
      if (bufSize <= 0) {
          return "";
      }

      bufSize *= ((array[startIndex] == null ? 16 : array[startIndex].toString().length())
                      + separator.length());

      StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(bufSize);

      for (int i = startIndex; i < endIndex; i++) {
          if (i > startIndex) {
              buf.append(separator);
          }
          if (array[i] != null) {
              buf.append(array[i]);
          }
      }
      return buf.toString();
  }

}