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How to use formatting with printf() correctly in Java?

Maruthi Krishna
Maruthi Krishna
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 393 Views

The printf() method is used to print a formatted string, it accepts a string representing a format string and an array of objects representing the elements that are to be in the resultant string, if the number of arguments are more than the number of characters in the format string the excess objects are ignored.Following table lists the various format characters to format time by the Java printf() method along with their description −Format CharactersDescription'H'The corresponding argument is formatted as Hour of the day (00-24).'I'The corresponding argument is formatted as hour of the day (01 -12).'k'The corresponding argument is formatted ...

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How to convert a double value into a Java String using append method?

Maruthi Krishna
Maruthi Krishna
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 343 Views

The append method of the StringBuilder or StringBuffer objects accept a boolean or, char or, char array or, double or, float or, int or, long or, String value as parameter and adds it to the current object.You can append the required double value to the method and retrieve a String from obtained StringBuffer (or, StringBuilder) objects.Exampleimport java.util.Scanner; public class ConversionOfDouble {    public static void main(String args[]) {       Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);       System.out.println("Enter a double value:");       double d = sc.nextDouble();       StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();       sb.append(d);   ...

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How to measure elapsed time in Java?

Maruthi Krishna
Maruthi Krishna
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 5K+ Views

In general, the elapsed time is the time from the starting point to ending point of an event. Following are various ways to find elapsed time in Java −Using the currentTimeMillis() methodThe currentTimeMillis() method returns the current time in milliseconds. To find the elapsed time for a method you can get the difference between time values before and after the execution of the desired method.Examplepublic class Example {    public void test(){ int num = 0;       for(int i=0; i

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What are date temporal fields in Java?

Maruthi Krishna
Maruthi Krishna
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 3K+ Views

A temporal field is a field of date-time, such as month-of-year or hour-of-minute. These fields are represented by the TemporalField interface and the ChronoField class implements this interface.Following are the list of various temporal fields regarding date supported by the ChronoField class −FieldDescriptionALIGNED_DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTHThis field represents the day of the week with in a month.ALIGNED_DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_YEARThis field represents the aligned day of a week in an year.ALIGNED_WEEK_OF_MONTHThis field represents the aligned wee of a month.ALIGNED_WEEK_OF_YEARThis field represents the aligned week of an year.DAY_OF_MONTHThis field represents the day of a month.DAY_OF_WEEKThis field represents the day of a week.DAY_OF_YEARThis field represents the day of ...

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Can we override default methods in Java?

Maruthi Krishna
Maruthi Krishna
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 8K+ Views

An interface in Java is similar to class but, it contains only abstract methods and fields which are final and static.Since Java8 static methods and default methods are introduced in interfaces. Unlike other abstract methods these are the methods can have a default implementation. If you have default method in an interface, it is not mandatory to override (provide body) it in the classes that are already implementing this interface.In short, you can access the default methods of an interface using the objects of the implementing classes.Exampleinterface MyInterface{      public static int num = 100;    public default void ...

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What is Java reg ex to check for date and time?

Maruthi Krishna
Maruthi Krishna
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 2K+ Views

To match a regular expression with the given string You need to:.Compile the regular expression of the compile() method of the Pattern class.Get the Matcher object bypassing the required input string as a parameter to the matcher() method of the Pattern class.The matches() method of the Matcher class returns true if a match occurs else it returns false. Therefore, invoke this method to validate the data.ExampleFollowing is a Java regular expression example matches only dateimport java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; import java.util.regex.Matcher; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class Sample {    public static void main(String args[]){       //Creating the list to store ...

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How to create Directories using the File utility methods in Java?

Maruthi Krishna
Maruthi Krishna
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 454 Views

Since Java 7 the File.02s class was introduced this contains (static) methods that operate on files, directories, or other types of files.The createDirectory() method of the Files class accepts the path of the required directory and creates a new directory.ExampleFollowing Java example reads the path and name of the directory to be created, from the user, and creates it.import java.io.IOException; import java.nio.file.Files; import java.nio.file.Path; import java.nio.file.Paths; import java.util.Scanner; public class Test {    public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException {       System.out.println("Enter the path to create a directory: ");       Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);       ...

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How to convert a super class variable into a sub class type in Java

Maruthi Krishna
Maruthi Krishna
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 11K+ Views

Inheritance is a relation between two classes where one class inherits the properties of the other class. This relation can be defined using the extends keyword as −public class A extends B{}The class which inherits the properties is known as sub class or, child class and the class whose properties are inherited is super class or, parent class.In inheritance a copy of super class members is created in the sub class object. Therefore, using the sub class object you can access the members of the both classes.Converting a super class reference variable into a sub class typeYou can try to convert ...

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Find the Intersection Point of Two Linked Lists in Java

Dev Prakash Sharma
Dev Prakash Sharma
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 739 Views

A Linked List is a linear data structure in which each node has two blocks such that one block contains the value or data of the node and the other block contains the address of the next field.Let us assume that we have a linked list such that each node contains a random pointer which is pointing to the other nodes in the list. The task is to find the node at which two linked lists intersect each other. If they don’t intersect, then return NULL or empty as output.For ExampleInput-1:Output:2Explanation: Since the given linked list intersects at the node with ...

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Find the Nth Ugly Number in Java

Dev Prakash Sharma
Dev Prakash Sharma
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 1K+ Views

A number whose prime factors are either 2, 3 or 5 is called an Ugly Number.  Some of the ugly numbers are: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, etc.We have a number N and the task is to find the Nth Ugly number in the sequence of Ugly numbers.For Example:Input-1:N = 5Output:5Explanation:The 5th ugly number in the sequence of ugly numbers [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15] is 5.Input-2:N = 7Output:8Explanation:The 7th ugly number in the sequence of ugly numbers [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15] is 8.Approach ...

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