Java CHEAT SHEET

This cheat sheet is a crash course for Java beginners and help review the basic syntax of the Java language.

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7
Sections
44
Cards

#Getting Started

Hello.java
public class Hello {
  // main method
  public static void main(String[] args)
  {
    // Output: Hello, world!
    System.out.println("Hello, world!");
  }
}

Compiling and running

$ javac Hello.java
$ java Hello
Hello, world!
Variables
int num = 5;
float floatNum = 5.99f;
char letter = 'D';
boolean bool = true;
String site = "cheatsheets.zip";
Primitive Data Types
Data TypeSizeDefaultRange
byte1 byte0-128 ^to^ 127
short2 byte0-2^15^ ^to^ 2^15^-1
int4 byte0-2^31^ ^to^ 2^31^-1
long8 byte0-2^63^ ^to^ 2^63^-1
float4 byte0.0fN/A
double8 byte0.0dN/A
char2 byte\u00000 ^to^ 65535
booleanN/Afalsetrue / false

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Strings
String first = "John";
String last = "Doe";
String name = first + " " + last;
System.out.println(name);

See: Strings

Loops
String word = "CheatSheets";
for (char c: word.toCharArray()) {
  System.out.print(c + "-");
}
// Outputs: C-h-e-a-t-S-h-e-e-t-s-

See: Loops

Arrays
char[] chars = new char[10];
chars[0] = 'a'
chars[1] = 'b'

String[] letters = {"A", "B", "C"};
int[] mylist = {100, 200};
boolean[] answers = {true, false};

See: Arrays

Swap
int a = 1;
int b = 2;
System.out.println(a + " " + b); // 1 2

int temp = a;
a = b;
b = temp;
System.out.println(a + " " + b); // 2 1
Type Casting
// Widening
// byte<short<int<long<float<double
int i = 10;
long l = i;               // 10

// Narrowing
double d = 10.02;
long l = (long)d;         // 10

String.valueOf(10);       // "10"
Integer.parseInt("10");   // 10
Double.parseDouble("10"); // 10.0
Conditionals
int j = 10;

if (j == 10) {
  System.out.println("I get printed");
} else if (j > 10) {
  System.out.println("I don't");
} else {
  System.out.println("I also don't");
}

See: Conditionals

User Input
Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
String str = in.nextLine();
System.out.println(str);

int num = in.nextInt();
System.out.println(num);

#Java Strings

Basic
String str1 = "value";
String str2 = new String("value");
String str3 = String.valueOf(123);
Concatenation
String s = 3 + "str" + 3;     // 3str3
String s = 3 + 3 + "str";     // 6str
String s = "3" + 3 + "str";   // 33str
String s = "3" + "3" + "23";  // 3323
String s = "" + 3 + 3 + "23"; // 3323
String s = 3 + 3 + 23;        // Incompatible types
StringBuilder

StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(10);

┌───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┐
|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
└───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘
0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9

sb.append("QuickRef");

┌───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┐
| Q | u | i | c | k | R | e | f |   |
└───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘
0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9

sb.delete(5, 9);

┌───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┐
| Q | u | i | c | k |   |   |   |   |
└───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘
0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9

sb.insert(0, "My ");

┌───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┐
| M | y |   | Q | u | i | c | k |   |
└───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘
0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9

sb.append("!");

┌───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┐
| M | y |   | Q | u | i | c | k | ! |
└───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘
0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9
Comparison
String s1 = new String("cheatsheets.zip");
String s2 = new String("cheatsheets.zip");

s1 == s2          // false
s1.equals(s2)     // true

"AB".equalsIgnoreCase("ab")  // true
Manipulation
String str = "Abcd";

str.toUpperCase();     // ABCD
str.toLowerCase();     // abcd
str.concat("#");       // Abcd#
str.replace("b", "-"); // A-cd

"  abc ".trim();       // abc
"ab".toCharArray();    // {'a', 'b'}
Information
String str = "abcd";

str.charAt(2);       // c
str.indexOf("a")     // 0
str.indexOf("z")     // -1
str.length();        // 4
str.toString();      // abcd
str.substring(2);    // cd
str.substring(2,3);  // c
str.contains("c");   // true
str.endsWith("d");   // true
str.startsWith("a"); // true
str.isEmpty();       // false
Immutable
String str = "hello";
str.concat("world");

// Outputs: hello
System.out.println(str);

String str = "hello";
String concat = str.concat("world");

// Outputs: helloworld
System.out.println(concat);

Once created cannot be modified, any modification creates a new String

#Java Arrays

Declare
int[] a1;
int[] a2 = {1, 2, 3};
int[] a3 = new int[]{1, 2, 3};

int[] a4 = new int[3];
a4[0] = 1;
a4[2] = 2;
a4[3] = 3;
Modify
int[] a = {1, 2, 3};
System.out.println(a[0]); // 1

a[0] = 9;
System.out.println(a[0]); // 9

System.out.println(a.length); // 3
Loop (Read & Modify)
int[] arr = {1, 2, 3};
for (int i=0; i < arr.length; i++) {
    arr[i] = arr[i] * 2;
    System.out.print(arr[i] + " ");
}
// Outputs: 2 4 6
Loop (Read)
String[] arr = {"a", "b", "c"};
for (String a: arr) {
    System.out.print(a + " ");
}
// Outputs: a b c
Multidimensional Arrays
int[][] matrix = { {1, 2, 3}, {4, 5} };

int x = matrix[1][0];  // 4
// [[1, 2, 3], [4, 5]]
Arrays.deepToString(matrix);

int[][] a = matrix;
for (int i = 0; i < a.length; ++i) {
  for(int j = 0; j < a[i].length; ++j) {
    System.out.println(a[i][j]);
  }
}
// Outputs: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Sort
char[] chars = {'b', 'a', 'c'};
Arrays.sort(chars);

// [a, b, c]
Arrays.toString(chars);

#Java Conditionals

Operators
If else
int k = 15;
if (k > 20) {
  System.out.println(1);
} else if (k > 10) {
  System.out.println(2);
} else {
  System.out.println(3);
}
Switch
int month = 3;
String str;
switch (month) {
  case 1:
    str = "January";
    break;
  case 2:
    str = "February";
    break;
  case 3:
    str = "March";
    break;
  default:
    str = "Some other month";
    break;
}

// Outputs: Result March
System.out.println("Result " + str);
Ternary operator
int a = 10;
int b = 20;
int max = (a > b) ? a : b;

// Outputs: 20
System.out.println(max);

#Java Loops

For Loop
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
  System.out.print(i);
}
// Outputs: 0123456789

for (int i = 0,j = 0; i < 3; i++,j--) {
  System.out.print(j + "|" + i + " ");
}
// Outputs: 0|0 -1|1 -2|2
Enhanced For Loop
int[] numbers = {1,2,3,4,5};

for (int number: numbers) {
  System.out.print(number);
}
// Outputs: 12345

Used to loop around array's or List's

While Loop
int count = 0;

while (count < 5) {
  System.out.print(count);
  count++;
}
// Outputs: 01234
Do While Loop
int count = 0;

do {
  System.out.print(count);
  count++;
} while (count < 5);
// Outputs: 01234
Continue Statement
for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
  if (i == 3) {
    continue;
  }
  System.out.print(i);
}
// Outputs: 0124
Break Statement
for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
  System.out.print(i);
  if (i == 3) {
    break;
  }
}
// Outputs: 0123

#Java Collections Framework

Java Collections
CollectionInterfaceOrderedSortedThread safeDuplicateNullable
ArrayListListYNNYY
VectorListYNYYY
LinkedListList, DequeYNNYY
CopyOnWriteArrayListListYNYYY
HashSetSetNNNNOne null
LinkedHashSetSetYNNNOne null
TreeSetSetYYNNN
CopyOnWriteArraySetSetYNYNOne null
ConcurrentSkipListSetSetYYYNN
HashMapMapNNNN (key)One null (key)
HashTableMapNNYN (key)N (key)
LinkedHashMapMapYNNN (key)One null (key)
TreeMapMapYYNN (key)N (key)
ConcurrentHashMapMapNNYN (key)N
ConcurrentSkipListMapMapYYYN (key)N
ArrayDequeDequeYNNYN
PriorityQueueQueueYNNYN
ConcurrentLinkedQueueQueueYNYYN
ConcurrentLinkedDequeDequeYNYYN
ArrayBlockingQueueQueueYNYYN
LinkedBlockingDequeDequeYNYYN
PriorityBlockingQueueQueueYNYYN

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ArrayList
List<Integer> nums = new ArrayList<>();

// Adding
nums.add(2);
nums.add(5);
nums.add(8);

// Retrieving
System.out.println(nums.get(0));

// Indexed for loop iteration
for (int i = 0; i < nums.size(); i++) {
    System.out.println(nums.get(i));
}

nums.remove(nums.size() - 1);
nums.remove(0); // VERY slow

for (Integer value : nums) {
    System.out.println(value);
}
HashMap
Map<Integer, String> m = new HashMap<>();
m.put(5, "Five");
m.put(8, "Eight");
m.put(6, "Six");
m.put(4, "Four");
m.put(2, "Two");

// Retrieving
System.out.println(m.get(6));

// Lambda forEach
m.forEach((key, value) -> {
    String msg = key + ": " + value;
    System.out.println(msg);
});
HashSet
Set<String> set = new HashSet<>();
if (set.isEmpty()) {
    System.out.println("Empty!");
}

set.add("dog");
set.add("cat");
set.add("mouse");
set.add("snake");
set.add("bear");

if (set.contains("cat")) {
    System.out.println("Contains cat");
}

set.remove("cat");
for (String element : set) {
    System.out.println(element);
}
ArrayDeque
Deque<String> a = new ArrayDeque<>();

// Using add()
a.add("Dog");

// Using addFirst()
a.addFirst("Cat");

// Using addLast()
a.addLast("Horse");

// [Cat, Dog, Horse]
System.out.println(a);

// Access element
System.out.println(a.peek());

// Remove element
System.out.println(a.pop());

#Misc

Access Modifiers
ModifierClassPackageSubclassWorld
publicYYYY
protectedYYYN
no modifierYYNN
privateYNNN

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Regular expressions
String text = "I am learning Java";
// Removing All Whitespace
text.replaceAll("\\s+", "");

// Splitting a String
text.split("\\|");
text.split(Pattern.quote("|"));

See: Regex in java

Comment
// I am a single line comment!

/*
And I am a
multi-line comment!
*/

/**
 * This
 * is
 * documentation
 * comment
 */
Keywords
  • abstract
  • continue
  • for
  • new
  • switch
  • assert
  • default
  • goto
  • package
  • synchronized
  • boolean
  • do
  • if
  • private
  • this
  • break
  • double
  • implements
  • protected
  • throw
  • byte
  • else
  • import
  • public
  • throws
  • case
  • enum
  • instanceof
  • return
  • transient
  • catch
  • extends
  • int
  • short
  • try
  • char
  • final
  • interface
  • static
  • void
  • class
  • finally
  • long
  • strictfp
  • volatile
  • const
  • float
  • native
  • super
  • while

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Math methods
MethodDescription
Math.max(a,b)Maximum of a and b
Math.min(a,b)Minimum of a and b
Math.abs(a)Absolute value a
Math.sqrt(a)Square-root of a
Math.pow(a,b)Power of b
Math.round(a)Closest integer
Math.sin(ang)Sine of ang
Math.cos(ang)Cosine of ang
Math.tan(ang)Tangent of ang
Math.asin(ang)Inverse sine of ang
Math.log(a)Natural logarithm of a
Math.toDegrees(rad)Angle rad in degrees
Math.toRadians(deg)Angle deg in radians
Try/Catch/Finally
try {
  // something
} catch (Exception e) {
  e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
  System.out.println("always printed");
}