Array printing weird character

Question

I'm trying to create a program that removes a given character from an array and then prints out the new array and whenever I print it out I get weird results like [I@120acab

public static int[] removeVal(int[] numArray, int val)
{
    int purge = 0;
    int keep = 1;
    int arrayVal = 0;
    for (int item : numArray)
    {
        if(item == val)
        purge = purge + 1;
        else
        keep = keep + 1;
    }    
    int[] newArray = new int[keep];
    for (int taco : numArray)
    {
        if(taco != val)
            newArray[arrayVal] = taco;
            arrayVal = arrayVal + 1;
    }
    return newArray;
}

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 14 '15 at 14:52

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You should use Arrays.toString to print the array. This will show the individual elements of the array.

The default toString implementation of Object class returns what you see.

edited Jan 14 '15 at 14:52

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answered Jan 14 '15 at 14:48

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Array printing weird character

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