Arrays.fill(short[], int, int, short) in Java

Arrays.fill(short[], int, int, short): This method is available in java.util.Arrays class of Java.

Syntax:

void java.util.Arrays.fill(short[] a, int fromIndex, int toIndex, short val)

This method takes four arguments one of type short array and the other two are of type int and the other one of type short as its parameters. This method assigns the specified short value to each element of the specified range of the specified array of shorts.

Parameters: Four parameters are required for this method.

a: the array to be filled.

fromIndex: the index of the first element (inclusive) to be filled with the specified value.

toIndex: the index of the last element (exclusive) to be filled with the specified value.

val: the value to be stored in all elements of the array.

Returns: NA

Throws:

1. IllegalArgumentException - if fromIndex > toIndex.

2. ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if fromIndex < 0 or toIndex > a.length

Approach 1: When no exceptions

Java

import java.util.Arrays;

public class Arraysfillshortrange {
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        short a[] = new short[5];

        short val = 10;

        int fromIndex = 0, toIndex = 2;
        Arrays.fill(a, fromIndex, toIndex, val);

        System.out.println(Arrays.toString(a));
    }
}

Output:

[10, 10, 0, 0, 0]

Approach 2: IllegalArgumentException

Java

import java.util.Arrays;

public class Arraysfillshortrange {
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        short a[] = new short[5];

        short val = 10;

        int fromIndex = 3, toIndex = 2;
        Arrays.fill(a, fromIndex, toIndex, val);

        System.out.println(Arrays.toString(a));
    }
}

Output:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: fromIndex(3) > toIndex(2)
	at java.base/java.util.Arrays.rangeCheck(Arrays.java:718)
	at java.base/java.util.Arrays.fill(Arrays.java:3237)
	

Approach 3: ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException 

Java

import java.util.Arrays;

public class Arraysfillshortrange {
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        short a[] = new short[5];

        short val = 10;

        int fromIndex = -1, toIndex = 2;
        Arrays.fill(a, fromIndex, toIndex, val);

        System.out.println(Arrays.toString(a));
    }
}

Output:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: Array index out of range: -1
	at java.base/java.util.Arrays.rangeCheck(Arrays.java:722)
	at java.base/java.util.Arrays.fill(Arrays.java:3237)