Converting an int array to a String array
int[] nums = {5,1,2,11,3}; //List or Vector Arrays.sort(nums); //Collections.sort() for List,Vector String a=Arrays.toString(nums); //toString the List or Vector String ar[]=a.substring(1,a.length()-1).split(“, “); System.out.println(Arrays.toString(ar)); UPDATE: A shorter version: int[] nums = {-5,1,2,11,3}; Arrays.sort(nums); String[] a=Arrays.toString(nums).split(“[\\[\\]]”)[1].split(“, “); System.out.println(Arrays.toString(a));