Copying arrays/assigning the 'value' of the array to another.

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The discussion centers on the correct method for copying arrays in Java. The provided code snippet incorrectly assigns the reference of array 'a' to 'aCopy', rather than copying the elements. The correct approach involves using a loop to copy each element individually or utilizing the System.arraycopy method for efficiency. This ensures that 'aCopy' contains a separate copy of the elements from 'a'.

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Code: 
int[] aCopy = new int[a.length];
for (int i = 0; i < a.length; i++)
	aCopy[i] = a[i];

Is this the way to 'copy' an array? Basically, I want the elements inside the the array a to be copied or assigned to the array aCopy.
 
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This should work. Try it out and see.
 

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