Java tutorial
public class DoubleArray { public static void main(String args[]) { int a1[] = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 }; int a2[] = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 }; System.out.println("Original size: " + a1.length); System.out.println("New size: " + doubleArray(a1).length); System.out.println("Original size: " + a2.length); System.out.println("New size: " + doubleArray(a2).length); } static int[] doubleArray(int original[]) { int length = original.length; int newArray[] = new int[length * 2]; System.arraycopy(original, 0, newArray, 0, length); return newArray; } }