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From: Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Delete slot in the middle of an array and shift remaining
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 03:21:12 -0800 (PST)
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Sven Fischer wrote:
> Assume I have an array of strings like
> 
> String[] slot = new String[];
> 
> slot[0] = new String(first");

You should post complete, compilable code in the future.  See http://sscce.org/

Here it would have helped you not omit the quotation mark.

> slot[1] = new String(second");

If "second" already is a 'String', why do you want to make a new 'String' from it?

> slot[2] = new String(third");
> slot[3] = new String(foo");
> slot[4] = new String("bar");
> 
> Now I want to delete e.g. the third slot and shift all remaining slots 1 slot upwards.
> 
> The result should look like:
> 
> slot[0] = new String(first");
> slot[1] = new String(second");
> slot[2] = new String(foo");
> slot[3] = new String("bar");
> 
> How can I do this most easily?

Use a loop, such as 'while', 'do'...'while' or 'for'.

> Is this possible without iteration in a "while" loop?

Yes.

-- 
Lew