In this shot, we will learn what Java’s HashSet.toString() function is.
First, consider a HashSet of strings. The HashSet class has an inbuilt function, i.e., hashset.toString(). A string inside a square bracket format will be returned.
hashset.toString() method in JavaThe steps to use the function are below:
Initialize a HashSet of strings.
Add some string elements to it.
Call the hashset.toString() function and print in the console.
You will see the results in the output section.
We are going to initiate an empty HashSet and add some data into it, then call the toString() function, in which we will not pass anything as a parameter. The toString() method first casts each element in HashSet to a string.
It does not matter that the
HashSetis ofStringtype. The function works onHashSetsofIntegerandDoubletype as well.
It then creates a comma-separated string out of it, encloses it in square brackets, and returns it. The result will be printed in the output window.
The String representation consists of a set representation of the elements of the Collection in the order they are picked by the iterator closed in square brackets ([ ]). This method is used mainly to display collections other than of String type (Object or Integer, for instance) in a String representation.
Let’s have a look at the code:
import java.util.*;class Main{public static void main(String args[]){// Creating an Empty HashSetHashSet hashSet = new HashSet();// Use add() methodhashSet.add("Hello");hashSet.add(2.5);hashSet.add("love");hashSet.add("Coding");// Using toString() methodSystem.out.println(hashSet.toString());}}
[love, Hello, 2.5, Coding]
In line 1, we imported the java.util classes to include the HashSet data structure.
In line 7, we initiated an object: an empty HashSet of strings.
In line 9 to 11, we inserted some data to the HashSet.
In line 13, we called the hashSet.toString() method to render the HashSet into a string representation, as shown in the output.