Converting ArrayList of Double to double[]

Question

I'm using Apache math library for matrices and one here's one of the methods I'm trying to use:

MatrixUtils.createRealDiagonalMatrix(double[] diagonal)

I don't know the size at compilation time so I'm using ArrayList<Double> to store the diagonal and later I want to pass that as parameter to the above function. How can I cast the ArrayList to double[] ? I've tried:

ArrayList<Double> arr = new ArrayList<Double>(n);
... // Populate arr
MatrixUtils.createRealDiagonalMatrix(arr.toArray(new Double[n]));

But I'm getting a type mismatch error since Double[] and double[] are different.

Change your method to accept a `Double` array. Or convert the `Double` array to `double` array, being careful not to include `null` references. — Sotirios Delimanolis, Dec 04 '13 at 20:24

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 04 '13 at 20:24

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You can use ArrayUtils.toPrimitive(double[]):

double[] diagonal = ArrayUtils.toPrimitive(arr.toArray(new Double[arr.size()]));

answered Dec 04 '13 at 20:24

arshajii

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 04 '13 at 20:24

If you can use 3rd party libraries, I'd suggest you to give guava library a try. It has plenty of useful features, and your case can be dealt in the following way:

List<Double> data = new ArrayList<Double>(); // your data
MatrixUtils.createRealDiagonalMatrix(Doubles.toArray(data));

See javadoc for reference.

Converting ArrayList of Double to double[]

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