Methods Detail

• public boolean asBoolean()

  Coerces a char array to a boolean value. A char array is false if the array is of length 0, and true otherwise.

  Returns:

  the array's boolean value

  Since:

  1.7.4

• public boolean contains(Object value)

  Checks whether the array contains the given value.

  Parameters:

  value - the value being searched for

  Returns:

  true if the array contains the value

  Since:

  1.8.6

• public Number count(Object value)

  Counts the number of occurrences of the given value inside this array. Comparison is done using Groovy's == operator (using compareTo(value) == 0 or equals(value) ).

  Parameters:

  value - the value being searched for

  Returns:

  the number of occurrences

  Since:

  1.6.4

• public Collection flatten()

  Flatten an array. This array and any nested arrays or collections have their contents (recursively) added to the new collection.

  Returns:

  a flattened Collection

  Since:

  1.6.0

• public List getAt(IntRange range)

  Support the subscript operator with an IntRange for a char array

  Parameters:

  range - an IntRange indicating the indices for the items to retrieve

  Returns:

  list of the retrieved chars

  Since:

  1.0

• public List getAt(ObjectRange range)

  Support the subscript operator with an ObjectRange for a char array

  Parameters:

  range - an ObjectRange indicating the indices for the items to retrieve

  Returns:

  list of the retrieved chars

  Since:

  1.0

• public List getAt(Range range)

  Support the subscript operator with a range for a char array

  Parameters:

  range - a range indicating the indices for the items to retrieve

  Returns:

  list of the retrieved chars

  Since:

  1.5.0

• public List getAt(Collection indices)

  Support the subscript operator with a collection for a char array

  Parameters:

  indices - a collection of indices for the items to retrieve

  Returns:

  list of the chars at the given indices

  Since:

  1.0

• public IntRange getIndices()

  Returns indices of the char array.

  Since:

  3.0.8

  See Also:

  Object[]#getIndices()

• public String join(String separator)

  Concatenates the string representation of each items in this array, with the given String as a separator between each item.

  Parameters:

  separator - a String separator

  Returns:

  the joined String

  Since:

  2.4.1

• public int size()

  Allows arrays to behave similar to collections.

  Returns:

  the length of the array

  Since:

  1.0

  See Also:

  Array#getLength(java.lang.Object)

• public Stream stream()

  Returns a sequential Stream with the specified array as its source.

  Returns:

  a Stream for the array

  Since:

  2.5.0

• public char sum()

  Sums the items in an array.

  assert (1+2+3+4 as char) == ([1,2,3,4] as char[]).sum()

  Returns:

  The sum of all of the items

  Since:

  2.4.2

• public char sum(char initialValue)

  Sums the items in an array, adding the result to some initial value.

  assert (5+1+2+3+4 as char) == ([1,2,3,4] as char[]).sum(5 as char)

  Parameters:

  initialValue - the items in the array will be summed to this initial value

  Returns:

  The sum of all of the items.

  Since:

  2.4.2

• public char[] swap(int i, int j)

  Swaps two elements at the specified positions.

  Example:

  assert ([1, 3, 2, 4] as char[]) == ([1, 2, 3, 4] as char[]).swap(1, 2)
  

  Parameters:

  i - a position

  j - a position

  Returns:

  self

  Since:

  2.4.0

• public List toList()

  Converts this array to a List of the same size, with each element added to the list.

  Returns:

  a list containing the contents of this array.

  Since:

  1.0

• public Set toSet()

  Converts this array to a Set, with each unique element added to the set.

  Returns:

  a set containing the unique contents of this array.

  Since:

  1.8.0

• public String toString()

  Returns the string representation of the given array.

  Returns:

  the string representation

  Since:

  1.6.0