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Java Cheat Sheet
This cheat sheet is a crash course for Java beginners and help review the basic syntax of the Java language.
Getting Started
Hello.java
public class Hello {
// main method
public static void main(String[] args)
{
// Output: Hello, world!
System.out.println("Hello, world!");
}
}
Compiling and running
$ javac Hello.java
$ java Hello
Hello, world!
Variables
int num = 5;
float floatNum = 5.99f;
char letter = 'D';
boolean bool = true;
String site = "chatsheet.org";
Primitive Data Types
Data Type | Size | Default | Range |
---|---|---|---|
byte | 1 byte | 0 | -128 ^to^ 127 |
short | 2 byte | 0 | -2^15^ ^to^ 2^15^-1 |
int | 4 byte | 0 | -2^31^ ^to^ 2^31^-1 |
long | 8 byte | 0 | -2^63^ ^to^ 2^63^-1 |
float | 4 byte | 0.0f | N/A |
double | 8 byte | 0.0d | N/A |
char | 2 byte | \u0000 | 0 ^to^ 65535 |
boolean | N/A | false | true / false |
Strings
String first = "John";
String last = "Doe";
String name = first + " " + last;
System.out.println(name);
See: Strings
Loops
String word = "CheatSheets";
for (char c: word.toCharArray()) {
System.out.print(c + "-");
}
// Outputs: C-h-e-a-t-S-h-e-e-t-s-
See: Loops
Arrays
char[] chars = new char[10];
chars[0] = 'a'
chars[1] = 'b'
String[] letters = {"A", "B", "C"};
int[] mylist = {100, 200};
boolean[] answers = {true, false};
See: Arrays
Swap
int a = 1;
int b = 2;
System.out.println(a + " " + b); // 1 2
int temp = a;
a = b;
b = temp;
System.out.println(a + " " + b); // 2 1
Type Casting
// Widening
// byte<short<int<long<float<double
int i = 10;
long l = i; // 10
// Narrowing
double d = 10.02;
long l = (long)d; // 10
String.valueOf(10); // "10"
Integer.parseInt("10"); // 10
Double.parseDouble("10"); // 10.0
Conditionals
int j = 10;
if (j == 10) {
System.out.println("I get printed");
} else if (j > 10) {
System.out.println("I don't");
} else {
System.out.println("I also don't");
}
See: Conditionals
User Input
Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
String str = in.nextLine();
System.out.println(str);
int num = in.nextInt();
System.out.println(num);
Java Strings
Basic
String str1 = "value";
String str2 = new String("value");
String str3 = String.valueOf(123);
Concatenation
String s = 3 + "str" + 3; // 3str3
String s = 3 + 3 + "str"; // 6str
String s = "3" + 3 + "str"; // 33str
String s = "3" + "3" + "23"; // 3323
String s = "" + 3 + 3 + "23"; // 3323
String s = 3 + 3 + 23; // Incompatible types
StringBuilder
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(10);
┌───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┐
| | | | | | | | | |
└───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
sb.append("QuickRef");
┌───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┐
| Q | u | i | c | k | R | e | f | |
└───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
sb.delete(5, 9);
┌───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┐
| Q | u | i | c | k | | | | |
└───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
sb.insert(0, "My ");
┌───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┐
| M | y | | Q | u | i | c | k | |
└───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
sb.append("!");
┌───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┐
| M | y | | Q | u | i | c | k | ! |
└───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Comparison
String s1 = new String("QuickRef");
String s2 = new String("QuickRef");
s1 == s2 // false
s1.equals(s2) // true
"AB".equalsIgnoreCase("ab") // true
Manipulation
String str = "Abcd";
str.toUpperCase(); // ABCD
str.toLowerCase(); // abcd
str.concat("#"); // Abcd#
str.replace("b", "-"); // A-cd
" abc ".trim(); // abc
"ab".toCharArray(); // {'a', 'b'}
Information
String str = "abcd";
str.charAt(2); // c
str.indexOf("a") // 0
str.indexOf("z") // -1
str.length(); // 4
str.toString(); // abcd
str.substring(2); // cd
str.substring(2,3); // c
str.contains("c"); // true
str.endsWith("d"); // true
str.startsWith("a"); // true
str.isEmpty(); // false
Immutable
String str = "hello";
str.concat("world");
// Outputs: hello
System.out.println(str);
String str = "hello";
String concat = str.concat("world");
// Outputs: helloworld
System.out.println(concat);
Once created cannot be modified, any modification creates a new String
Java Arrays
Declare
int[] a1;
int[] a2 = {1, 2, 3};
int[] a3 = new int[]{1, 2, 3};
int[] a4 = new int[3];
a4[0] = 1;
a4[2] = 2;
a4[3] = 3;
Modify
int[] a = {1, 2, 3};
System.out.println(a[0]); // 1
a[0] = 9;
System.out.println(a[0]); // 9
System.out.println(a.length); // 3
Loop (Read & Modify)
int[] arr = {1, 2, 3};
for (int i=0; i < arr.length; i++) {
arr[i] = arr[i] * 2;
System.out.print(arr[i] + " ");
}
// Outputs: 2 4 6
Loop (Read)
String[] arr = {"a", "b", "c"};
for (String a: arr) {
System.out.print(a + " ");
}
// Outputs: a b c
Multidimensional Arrays
int[][] matrix = { {1, 2, 3}, {4, 5} };
int x = matrix[1][0]; // 4
// [[1, 2, 3], [4, 5]]
Arrays.deepToString(matrix);
int[][] a = matrix;
for (int i = 0; i < a.length; ++i) {
for(int j = 0; j < a[i].length; ++j) {
System.out.println(a[i][j]);
}
}
// Outputs: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Sort
char[] chars = {'b', 'a', 'c'};
Arrays.sort(chars);
// [a, b, c]
Arrays.toString(chars);
Java Conditionals
If else
int k = 15;
if (k > 20) {
System.out.println(1);
} else if (k > 10) {
System.out.println(2);
} else {
System.out.println(3);
}
Switch
int month = 3;
String str;
switch (month) {
case 1:
str = "January";
break;
case 2:
str = "February";
break;
case 3:
str = "March";
break;
default:
str = "Some other month";
break;
}
// Outputs: Result March
System.out.println("Result " + str);
Ternary operator
int a = 10;
int b = 20;
int max = (a > b) ? a : b;
// Outputs: 20
System.out.println(max);
Java Loops
For Loop
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
System.out.print(i);
}
// Outputs: 0123456789
for (int i = 0,j = 0; i < 3; i++,j--) {
System.out.print(j + "|" + i + " ");
}
// Outputs: 0|0 -1|1 -2|2
Enhanced For Loop
int[] numbers = {1,2,3,4,5};
for (int number: numbers) {
System.out.print(number);
}
// Outputs: 12345
Used to loop around array's or List's
While Loop
int count = 0;
while (count < 5) {
System.out.print(count);
count++;
}
// Outputs: 01234
Do While Loop
int count = 0;
do {
System.out.print(count);
count++;
} while (count < 5);
// Outputs: 01234
Continue Statement
for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
if (i == 3) {
continue;
}
System.out.print(i);
}
// Outputs: 01245
Break Statement
for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
System.out.print(i);
if (i == 3) {
break;
}
}
// Outputs: 0123
Java Collections Framework
Java Collections
Collection | Interface | Ordered | Sorted | Thread safe | Duplicate | Nullable |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ArrayList | List | Y | N | N | Y | Y |
Vector | List | Y | N | Y | Y | Y |
LinkedList | List, Deque | Y | N | N | Y | Y |
CopyOnWriteArrayList | List | Y | N | Y | Y | Y |
HashSet | Set | N | N | N | N | One null |
LinkedHashSet | Set | Y | N | N | N | One null |
TreeSet | Set | Y | Y | N | N | N |
CopyOnWriteArraySet | Set | Y | N | Y | N | One null |
ConcurrentSkipListSet | Set | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
HashMap | Map | N | N | N | N (key) | One null (key) |
HashTable | Map | N | N | Y | N (key) | N (key) |
LinkedHashMap | Map | Y | N | N | N (key) | One null (key) |
TreeMap | Map | Y | Y | N | N (key) | N (key) |
ConcurrentHashMap | Map | N | N | Y | N (key) | N |
ConcurrentSkipListMap | Map | Y | Y | Y | N (key) | N |
ArrayDeque | Deque | Y | N | N | Y | N |
PriorityQueue | Queue | Y | N | N | Y | N |
ConcurrentLinkedQueue | Queue | Y | N | Y | Y | N |
ConcurrentLinkedDeque | Deque | Y | N | Y | Y | N |
ArrayBlockingQueue | Queue | Y | N | Y | Y | N |
LinkedBlockingDeque | Deque | Y | N | Y | Y | N |
PriorityBlockingQueue | Queue | Y | N | Y | Y | N |
ArrayList
List<Integer> nums = new ArrayList<>();
// Adding
nums.add(2);
nums.add(5);
nums.add(8);
// Retrieving
System.out.println(nums.get(0));
// Indexed for loop iteration
for (int i = 0; i < nums.size(); i++) {
System.out.println(nums.get(i));
}
nums.remove(nums.size() - 1);
nums.remove(0); // VERY slow
for (Integer value : nums) {
System.out.println(value);
}
HashMap
Map<Integer, String> m = new HashMap<>();
m.put(5, "Five");
m.put(8, "Eight");
m.put(6, "Six");
m.put(4, "Four");
m.put(2, "Two");
// Retrieving
System.out.println(m.get(6));
// Lambda forEach
m.forEach((key, value) -> {
String msg = key + ": " + value;
System.out.println(msg);
});
HashSet
Set<String> set = new HashSet<>();
if (set.isEmpty()) {
System.out.println("Empty!");
}
set.add("dog");
set.add("cat");
set.add("mouse");
set.add("snake");
set.add("bear");
if (set.contains("cat")) {
System.out.println("Contains cat");
}
set.remove("cat");
for (String element : set) {
System.out.println(element);
}
ArrayDeque
Deque<String> a = new ArrayDeque<>();
// Using add()
a.add("Dog");
// Using addFirst()
a.addFirst("Cat");
// Using addLast()
a.addLast("Horse");
// [Cat, Dog, Horse]
System.out.println(a);
// Access element
System.out.println(a.peek());
// Remove element
System.out.println(a.pop());
Misc
Access Modifiers
Modifier | Class | Package | Subclass | World |
---|---|---|---|---|
public | Y | Y | Y | Y |
protected | Y | Y | Y | N |
no modifier | Y | Y | N | N |
private | Y | N | N | N |
Regular expressions
String text = "I am learning Java";
// Removing All Whitespace
text.replaceAll("\\s+", "");
// Splitting a String
text.split("\\|");
text.split(Pattern.quote("|"));
See: Regex in java
Comment
// I am a single line comment!
/*
And I am a
multi-line comment!
*/
/**
* This
* is
* documentation
* comment
*/
Keywords
abstract
continue
for
new
switch
assert
default
goto
package
synchronized
boolean
do
if
private
this
break
double
implements
protected
throw
byte
else
import
public
throws
case
enum
instanceof
return
transient
catch
extends
int
short
try
char
final
interface
static
void
class
finally
long
strictfp
volatile
const
float
native
super
while
Math methods
Method | Description |
---|---|
Math.max(a,b) | Maximum of a and b |
Math.min(a,b) | Minimum of a and b |
Math.abs(a) | Absolute value a |
Math.sqrt(a) | Square-root of a |
Math.pow(a,b) | Power of b |
Math.round(a) | Closest integer |
Math.sin(ang) | Sine of ang |
Math.cos(ang) | Cosine of ang |
Math.tan(ang) | Tangent of ang |
Math.asin(ang) | Inverse sine of ang |
Math.log(a) | Natural logarithm of a |
Math.toDegrees(rad) | Angle rad in degrees |
Math.toRadians(deg) | Angle deg in radians |
Try/Catch/Finally
try {
// something
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
System.out.println("always printed");
}