how to return array in java

To return an array in Java, you can use the return statement in a method. The return statement causes the method to exit and provides a value back to the calling code.

Here is an example of how you can return an array in Java:

class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    int[] numbers = getNumbers();
    for (int number : numbers) {
      System.out.println(number);
    }
  }

  public static int[] getNumbers() {
    return new int[] {1, 2, 3, 4, 5};
  }
}

In this example, the getNumbers method returns an array of integers with the values 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. The returned array is then assigned to the numbers variable in the main method, and its values are printed to the console using a for-each loop.

Note that the type of the array being returned must be specified in the method signature. In this case, the getNumbers method returns an array of integers, so the method is declared as public static int[] getNumbers().