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i'm having 2 string array,

  str1[] = {"a","b","aa","c"} 

and

  str2[] = {"aa","a","b","c","d"}

how can i compare and remove value if exist in both string[], expected result, str3[]= {"d"}

thanks in advance

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  • hi expert, finally i found result for my question, which is List str3= ListUtils.subtract(Arrays.asList(str1), Arrays.asList(str2)); Commented Nov 28, 2010 at 7:23
  • Didn't know you are using Apache Commons Library ( ref: ListUtils). Commented Nov 28, 2010 at 7:41

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ts1 will have "d" inside it after these operations.

String str1[] = {"a","b","aa","c"};
String str2[] = {"aa","a","b","c","d"};
TreeSet ts1 = new TreeSet(Arrays.asList(str2));
ts1.removeAll(Arrays.asList(str1));

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Convert the arrays to a list and add them to a set which will automatically remove duplicates. Use the toArray() method of Set interface to get the elements as an Array.

    String[] str1 = {"a","b","aa","c"};
    String[] str2 = {"aa","a","b","c","d"};

    Set set = new HashSet();
    set.addAll(Arrays.asList(str1));//add first array to set, removes duplicates
    set.addAll(Arrays.asList(str2));//add second array to set, removes duplicates
    String[] str3 = (String[])set.toArray(new String[set.size()]);//convert back to array

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