Write a Java program to remove elements from an ArrayList

Category : Java | Sub Category : Java Programs | By Prasad Bonam Last updated: 2021-04-19 09:11:05 Viewed : 464


ArrayList is the implementation of List Interface where the elements can be dynamically added or removed from the list. Also, the size of the list is increased dynamically if the elements are added more than the initial size. In the below program, I am first inserting elements into the ArrayList and then deleting the elements from the list based on the specification. Let’s understand the code.

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package runnerdev;
 
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.function.Predicate;
 
public class ArrayListExample {
public static void main(String[] args) {
List<String> programmingLanguages = new ArrayList<>();
programmingLanguages.add("C");
programmingLanguages.add("C++");
programmingLanguages.add("Java");
programmingLanguages.add("Kotlin");
programmingLanguages.add("Python");
programmingLanguages.add("Perl");
programmingLanguages.add("Ruby");
 
System.out.println("Initial List: " + programmingLanguages);
 
// Remove the element at index `5`
programmingLanguages.remove(5);
System.out.println("After remove(5): " + programmingLanguages);
 
// Remove the first occurrence of the given element from the ArrayList
// (The remove() method returns false if the element does not exist in the ArrayList)
boolean isRemoved = programmingLanguages.remove("Kotlin");
System.out.println("After remove("Kotlin"): " + programmingLanguages);
 
// Remove all the elements that exist in a given collection
List<String> scriptingLanguages = new ArrayList<>();
scriptingLanguages.add("Python");
scriptingLanguages.add("Ruby");
scriptingLanguages.add("Perl");
 
programmingLanguages.removeAll(scriptingLanguages);
System.out.println("After removeAll(scriptingLanguages): " + programmingLanguages);
 
// Remove all the elements that satisfy the given predicate
programmingLanguages.removeIf(new Predicate<String>() {
@Override
public boolean test(String s) {
return s.startsWith("C");
}
});
 
System.out.println("After Removing all elements that start with "C": " + programmingLanguages);
 
// Remove all elements from the ArrayList
programmingLanguages.clear();
System.out.println("After clear(): " + programmingLanguages);
}
}

Output on execution of the program looks like:

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Initial List: [C, C++, Java, Kotlin, Python, Perl, Ruby]
After remove(5): [C, C++, Java, Kotlin, Python, Ruby]
After remove("Kotlin"): [C, C++, Java, Python, Ruby]
After removeAll(scriptingLanguages): [C, C++, Java]
After Removing all elements that start with "C": [Java]
After clear(): []

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