Shift elements left
/** * @author lautturi.com * Java example: shift elements in array */ import java.util.*; public class Lautturi { public static void main(String[] args) { int[] intArray = { 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 }; System.out.println(Arrays.toString(intArray)); int len = 0; len = intArray.length; int first = intArray[0]; for(int i=0;i<len-1;i++){ intArray[i] = intArray[i+1]; } intArray[len-1] = first; System.out.println(Arrays.toString(intArray)); } }
output:
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 1]
Shift right
/** * @author lautturi.com * Java example: shift elements in array */ import java.util.*; public class Lautturi { public static void main(String[] args) { int[] intArray = { 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 }; System.out.println(Arrays.toString(intArray)); int len = intArray.length; int last = intArray[len-1]; for(int i=len-1;i>0;i--){ intArray[i] = intArray[i-1]; } intArray[0] = last; System.out.println(Arrays.toString(intArray)); } }
output:
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] [10, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]