java - Converting an int array to a String array

Question

So I have this "list" of ints. It could be a Vector, int[], List<Integer>, whatever.

My goal though is to sort the ints and end up with a String[]. How the int array starts out as is up in the air.

ex: Start with:{5,1,2,11,3} End with: String[] = {"1","2","3","5","11"}

Is there anyway to do this without a for loop? I have a for loop now for collecting the ints. I would rather skip doing another for loop.

Answer 1

int[] nums = {5,1,2,11,3}; //List or Vector
Arrays.sort(nums); //Collections.sort() for List,Vector
String a=Arrays.toString(nums); //toString the List or Vector
String ar[]=a.substring(1,a.length()-1).split(", ");
System.out.println(Arrays.toString(ar));

UPDATE:

A shorter version:

int[] nums = {-5,1,2,11,3};
Arrays.sort(nums);
String[] a=Arrays.toString(nums).split("[\[\]]")[1].split(", "); 
System.out.println(Arrays.toString(a));