import java.util.*;
// fill in an array with random integers
public class RandomStringBuffers {
public static void main (String [] args) {
// create the array
StringBuffer [] sb = new StringBuffer[9];
StringBuffer monkeys = new StringBuffer("n little monkeys");
Random r = new Random();
// read the elements
for (int i = 0; i < sb.length; ++i) {
monkeys.deleteCharAt(0);
sb[i] = monkeys.insert(0,r.nextInt(10));
}
// print out the elements to check:
for (int i = 0; i < sb.length; ++i) {
System.out.println("sb[" + i +"] = " + sb[i]);
}
}
}
This is an example from CSci 1211 course.