Java tutorial
public class MainClass { public static void main(String args[]) { String s1 = "hello there"; char charArray[] = new char[5]; System.out.printf("s1: %s", s1); for (int count = s1.length() - 1; count >= 0; count--) System.out.printf("%s ", s1.charAt(count)); // copy characters from string into charArray s1.getChars(0, 5, charArray, 0); System.out.print("\nThe character array is: "); for (char character : charArray) System.out.print(character); } }