public class Main
{
	public static void main (String[] args)
	{
		String[] names = new String[] {"Maria Carolina", "Luisa Joana", "Lara Silva", "Catarina Patricio", "Paula Castro", "fim", null, null, null};
		int newLength = names.length;
		for(int i = 0; i < names.length; i++) {
    		if("fim".equals(names[i])) {
        		newLength = i;
    			break;
    		}
		}
		String[] truncated = java.util.Arrays.copyOf(names, newLength);
		System.out.println(java.util.Arrays.toString(truncated));
	}
}