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Why is printing "B" dramatically slower than printing "#"?
I generated two matrices of 1000 x 1000: First Matrix: O and #. Second Matrix: O and B. Using the following
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How do I test a private function or a class that has private methods, fields or inner classes?
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I wanted to create a list of options for testing purposes. At first, I did this: ArrayList<String> plac
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How can I convert a String to an int in Java? My String contains only numbers, and I want to return the numbe
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When to use LinkedList over ArrayList in Java?
I've always been one to simply use: List<String> names = new ArrayList<>(); I use the inte
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What is the difference between public, protected, package-private and private in Java?
In Java, are there clear rules on when to use each of access modifiers, namely the default (package private),
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How can I create a memory leak in Java?
I just had an interview where I was asked to create a memory leak with Java. Needless to say, I felt pretty du
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How do I efficiently iterate over each entry in a Java Map?
If I have an object implementing the Map interface in Java and I wish to iterate over every pair contained wit
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Why is char[] preferred over String for passwords?
In Swing, the password field has a getPassword() (returns char[]) method instead of the usual getText() (retur
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Why don't Java's +=, -=, *=, /= compound assignment operators require casting?
Until today, I thought that for example: i += j; Was just a shortcut for: i = i + j; But if we try this:
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How do I generate random integers within a specific range in Java?
How do I generate a random int value in a specific range? I have tried the following, but those do not work: A
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Create ArrayList from array
I have an array that is initialized like: Element[] array = {new Element(1), new Element(2), new Element(3)};
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What are the differences between a HashMap and a Hashtable in Java? Which is more efficient for non-threaded
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Avoiding NullPointerException in Java
I use object != null a lot to avoid NullPointerException. What is an alternative to: if (someobject != null) {
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How do I read / convert an InputStream into a String in Java?
If you have a java.io.InputStream object, how should you process that object and produce a String? Suppose I
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Is Java "pass-by-reference" or "pass-by-value"?
I always thought Java uses pass-by-reference. However, I've seen a blog post that claims that Java uses p
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Why is subtracting these two times (in 1927) giving a strange result?
If I run the following program, which parses two date strings referencing times 1 second apart and compares th
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Why is processing a sorted array faster than processing an unsorted array?
Here is a piece of C++ code that shows some very peculiar behavior. For some strange reason, sorting the data
