Java tutorial
import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Collections; import java.util.LinkedList; import java.util.List; import java.util.ListIterator; class MainClass { public static void main(String[] args) { String[] coins = { "A", "B", "C", "D", "E" }; List src = new LinkedList(); for (int i = 0; i < coins.length; i++) src.add(coins[i]); List dst = new ArrayList(); for (int i = 0; i < coins.length; i++) dst.add(""); Collections.copy(dst, src); ListIterator liter = dst.listIterator(); while (liter.hasNext()) System.out.println(liter.next()); Collections.fill(src, "no coins"); liter = src.listIterator(); while (liter.hasNext()) System.out.println(liter.next()); } }