Thread: Could someone help break this code down for me so i can understand it more?

I've only just started Java programming and I'm finding it difficult to understand the delete function here. Could someone please break it down for me so its easier to understand? Thanks.

public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        char[] source = {'H', 'A', 'P', 'P', 'Y', 'L', 'E', 'A', 'R', 'N', 'I', 'N', 'G'};
        char[] destination = new char [7];
 
        System.arraycopy(source, 0, destination, 1, 5);
        System.out.println(new String(destination));
 
        //deleting element from array
        int flag = 3; 
        for (int i = 0; i < source.length; i++) { 
 
 
        //DELETE FUNCTION 
 
        if (flag == i){
        for(int j = i + 1; i < source.length - 1; j++){   
        source[i] = source[j];  
        i++; //
        }
        System.out.println(source);

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i want to know whereabouts in the code the letter P is deleted,

        source[i] = source[j];    // copy a char to the left from index=j to i

That statement is inside a loop that starts when i is at the location of the char to be deleted.

To see what is happening print out the value of source after the above assignment statement.

[code] for(int j = i + 1; i < source.length - 1; j++){ ]/code]
j is the for loop variable. It would be incremented at the end of the loop, before the next iteration.