Char to String Java Example – How to convert String to Character Array in Java

In this post, we feature a Char to String Java Example and how to convert String to Character Array in Java. We will see how to convert a Character to String and a String to a StringArray.

Char to String Java Example

A character is a unit of information that roughly corresponds to a grapheme, grapheme-like unit, or symbol, such as in an alphabet or syllabary in the written form of a natural language. A string is traditionally a sequence of characters, either as a literal constant or as some kind of variable.

In the first Java program we convert a Character to String. Basically there are two ways to do that:

• the Character.toString(char ) method of the Character class
• the String.valueOf(char ) method of the String Class.

To be precise the  Character.toString(char ) method internally uses  String.valueOf(char ) method. So you are be better off with String.valueOf(char).

CharToString.java

package com.javacodegeeks.java.core;
public class CharToString {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        char ch = 'J';
        String string1 = Character.toString(ch);
        String string2 = String.valueOf(ch);
        System.out.println("character is : " + ch
                + ". String using String.valueOf(char c):  " + string2);
        System.out.println("character is : " + ch
                + ". String using Character.toString(char c):  " + string1);
    }
}

Output

character is : J. String using String.valueOf(char c): J character is : J. String using Character.toString(char c): J

Now we are going to use String.toCharArray() to convert a string into an array of characters.

StringToCharArray.java

package com.javacodegeeks.java.core;
import java.util.Arrays;
public class StringToCharArray {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String string = "JavaCodeGeeks";
        char[] charArray = string.toCharArray();
        System.out.println("String is:" + string + " Character Array : "
                + Arrays.toString(charArray));
    }
}

As you can see I am using Arrays.toString(char[]) in order to print the character array in a more readable way. So the output will be:

String is:JavaCodeGeeks Character Array : [J, a, v, a, C, o, d, e, G, e, e, k, s]

This was a Char to String Java Example & How to convert String to Character Array in Java.

Last updated on Aug. 14th, 2019