Concat strings

[Angus Ferguson]

Hi
I need make something like

String c="";

and a List of String and for every position this values:

List cd=new ArrayList();
cd[0]=p1;
cd[1]=p2;
cd[2]=p3;
cd[3]=p4;
cd[4]=p5;



Then I want to create a long string with all the values concatenated using a loop

for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {

c.concat(cd[i]);

}
Then the result I am looking for is that c is equal to p1p2p3p4p5

Any idea, please?

Many Thanks

[fred rosenberger]

Strings are immutable. So, the concat() method doesn't change the current String, but creates a new one and returns that. you need to catch it and save it. probably something like:

c = c.concat(cd[i]);

Although, really, you would want to use a StringBuilder or StringBuffer to do this.

[R. Jain]

Have you tried to run the code, what you are trying to show here..
Just try and frame the raw code what you can think of.. And see what errors you get.. Probably that would be a better way to learn..

*FYI: - Always use generic types while using List, ArrayList and other Collection types..
See Generics

[R. Jain]

R. Jain wrote:Have you tried to run the code, what you are trying to show here..
Just try and frame the raw code what you can think of.. And see what errors you get.. Probably that would be a better way to learn..

*FYI: - Always use generic types while using List, ArrayList and other Collection types..
See Generics

*EDIT: - Quoted by mistake

[Winston Gutkowski]

Angus Ferguson wrote:Then I want to create a long string with all the values concatenated using a loop

You can actually get something similar (and in my opinion, more readable) by using List.toString(); and then you wouldn't have to write any other code at all.

Give it a try and see if it's good enough for your purposes.

Winston