In this tutorial, you shall learn how to convert a given string to character array in Kotlin, using String.toCharArray() method, with examples.

Kotlin – Convert string to char array

To convert a string to character array in Kotlin, use String.toCharArray() method. String.toCharArray() method returns a Char Array created using the characters of the calling string.

Syntax

The syntax to call toCharArray() method on String str is

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str.toCharArray()

Examples

1. Convert the string “apple” to character array

In the following example, we take a string and convert this to an array of characters using String.toCharArray() method.

Main.kt

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fun main() {
    val str = "apple"
    val chars = str.toCharArray()
    for (x in chars) println("$x")
}

Output

a
p
p
l
e

Conclusion

In this Kotlin Tutorial, we learned how to convert a String to Char Array using String.toCharArray() method, with examples.