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An example is shown below:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> java.util.ArrayList;\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> java.util.List;\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">public<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">class<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title class_\">ListToArrayExample<\/span> {\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">public<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">static<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">void<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title function_\">main<\/span><span class=\"hljs-params\">(String[] args)<\/span> {\r\n        List&lt;String&gt; list = <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">new<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title class_\">ArrayList<\/span>&lt;&gt;();\r\n        list.add(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"apple\"<\/span>);\r\n        list.add(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"banana\"<\/span>);\r\n        list.add(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"orange\"<\/span>);\r\n        \r\n        <span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/ \u5c06\u5217\u8868\u8f6c\u6362\u4e3a\u6570\u7ec4<\/span>\r\n        String[] array = list.toArray(<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">new<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title class_\">String<\/span>[list.size()]);\r\n        \r\n        <span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/ \u6253\u5370\u6570\u7ec4\u4e2d\u7684\u5143\u7d20<\/span>\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">for<\/span> (String element : array) {\r\n            System.out.println(element);\r\n        }\r\n    }\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the example above, we start by creating a list containing multiple strings, and then use the toArray() method to convert the list into a string array. 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