How do you remove a String [ ] from an ArrayList?

[Sean Gildea]

I have an arraylist of String [] , and I need to be able get one at a specific location.

How do I return a complete String [] array from an arraylist?

Here is my code in 2 parts

// String array insertion code into array

 
         // temp storage for trimmed hotel record values
 String[] recordValues = new String[8];
         
         // ... many lines later
 
 // Add hotel record array to the arraylist
 hotelRecords.add(recordValues);

And now in another method I am trying to retrieve that String [] from the ArrayList. Can anyone tell me how to do this, or if not, another possible workaround?

Thanks in advance!

 
public String [] readRecord(long recNo) { // throws RecordNotFoundException {

// convert long to int
int rec = (int)recNo;

// arraylist to hold the file io
ArrayList hotelRecords = new ArrayList();

// object to attain records
FileIO fileio = new FileIO();

// get an arraylist of recordvalues
hotelRecords = fileio.readRecords();

// hold the record values specified in the method argument
String record [] = new String();

// get record number array out of arraylist
// remove() returns an object so String cast is necessary
record = hotelRecords.get(rec);

return record;
 
} 
 

[Ilja Preuss]

You need to cast the return value of the get method to String[].

[Sean Gildea]

That worked, thanks!

 record = (String [])hotelRecords.get(rec);