Groovy - Range toArray() method

toArray() method returns the array of the elements of the range.

Syntax

List toArray()

Parameters

NA

Return Value

Returns the list of elements of range values.

Example - Getting an array from a range of numbers

Following is an example of the usage of toArray() method.

Example.groovy

class Example { 
   static void main(String[] args) { 
      // range of numbers
      def array = 1..10;		
      println(array.toArray()); 
   } 
}

Output

When we run the above program, we will get the following result −

[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]

Example - Getting an array from a range of characters

Following is an example of the usage of toArray() method.

Example.groovy

class Example { 
   static void main(String[] args) { 
      // range of characters
      def array = 'a'..'z'; 
      println(array.toArray());
   } 
}

Output

When we run the above program, we will get the following result −

[a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z]

Example - Getting array from a range of special characters

Following is an example of the usage of toArray() method.

Example.groovy

class Example { 
   static void main(String[] args) { 
      // range of special characters
      def array = '&'..'!'; 
      println(array.toArray());
   } 
}

Output

When we run the above program, we will get the following result −

[&, %, $, #, ", !]