Here you can find the source of slice(String source[], int start, int end)
public static String[] slice(String source[], int start, int end)
//package com.java2s; /**// www . j ava 2 s.co m * $Revision $ * $Date $ * * Copyright (C) 2005-2010 Jive Software. All rights reserved. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ public class Main { public static String[] slice(String source[], int start, int end) { if (source == null) return null; if (start == end) return new String[0]; int e = Math.max(start, end); e = Math.min(e, source.length); int s = Math.min(start, end); String newArray[] = new String[e - s]; int i = 0; for (; s < e; s++) newArray[i++] = source[s]; return newArray; } public static String[] slice(String source[], int start) { if (source == null) return null; else return slice(source, start, source.length); } }