How do I remove objects from an Array in java?

[hamed]

Hi. I really appreciate it if some one help me with this.
let's say foo is an Array of Strings, and it has the following values:
foo[0]="a";
foo[1]="cc";
foo[2]="a";
foo[3]="dd";
1)What do I have to do to delete/remove all the Strings/Objects equal to "a" in the Array?
2) What do I have to do to delete/remove all the Strings and make my array free of any value?

Thanx!

[Norm]

1)What do I have to do to delete/remove all the Strings/Objects equal to "a" in the Array?

Use a loop to search thru the array for the element.
Then it depends what remove means: Replace its value with a null, or move all the following elements down over the top of the one to replace, leaving the null element at the end of the array.

To empty it, fastest would be do define a completely new array.

[hamed]

Thanx for ur quick answer. I'm writing a method which should delete some matching values from the array event from a calendar. Do u think if this method will work?(appreciate it).

public void removeEvent(Event event){
boolean [] deleteItem = new boolean[index];
for(index=0;index<10;index++){
if(events[index].equals(events)){
deleteItem[index]=true;
events[index]="null";
numEvents--;
}

else{
deleteItem[index]=false;
}
}
}

[Norm]

Do u think if this method will work?

Best way to get an answer is to compile and execute the code and see what happens.
I don't know what you intend to do in the code you posted. Could you add comments saying what each statement is supposed to do. For example what is this statement supposed to do:

if(events[index].equals(events)){

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