Converting ArrayList to Array in java

You don't need to reinvent the wheel, here's the toArray() method:

String []dsf = new String[al.size()];
al.toArray(dsf);

List<String> list=new ArrayList<String>();
list.add("sravan");
list.add("vasu");
list.add("raki");
String names[]=list.toArray(new String[list.size()])

List<String> list=new ArrayList<String>();
list.add("sravan");
list.add("vasu");
list.add("raki"); 
String names[]=list.toArray(new String[0]);

if you see the last line (new String[0]), you don't have to give the size, there are time when we don't know the length of the list, so to start with giving it as 0 , the constructed array will resize.

import java.util.*;
public class arrayList {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Scanner sc=new Scanner(System.in);
        ArrayList<String > x=new ArrayList<>();
        //inserting element
        x.add(sc.next());
        x.add(sc.next());
        x.add(sc.next());
        x.add(sc.next());
        x.add(sc.next());
         //to show element
         System.out.println(x);
        //converting arraylist to stringarray
         String[]a=x.toArray(new String[x.size()]);
          for(String s:a)
           System.out.print(s+" ");
  }

}

String[] values = new String[arrayList.size()];
        for (int i = 0; i < arrayList.size(); i++) {
            values[i] = arrayList.get(i).type;
        }