How to get values from an arraylist

[malik ge]

Hi,

I know how to get values from the following array list.

[some string 1, some string 2, some string 3]

I can either loop through it and store these values into strings or get the values by index:

String str1 = arrayStringEx.get(0);
String str2 = arrayStringEx.get(1);
String str3 = arrayStringEx.get(2);

This is when I know how many values are there going to be in an array list.

But if I don't know, how many values are there going to be in an array list, then how can I get them?

For example, if I am trying to get 3 values from an array list, but in that array list there are more than 3 values, then how to handle that situation?

Thanks.

[Winston Gutkowski]

malik ge wrote:But if I don't know, how many values are there going to be in an array list, then how can I get them?
For example, if I am trying to get 3 values from an array list, but in that array list there are more than 3 values, then how to handle that situation?

That depends entirely on which 3 you want: The first 3? The last 3? 3 from the middle? 3 at random?

You need to be more specific.

Winston

[malik ge]

Sorry for not being specific.

What I meant to say is that if array list's size is unknown. Meaning, I don't know if there are going to be 3 elements or 4 or more than that.

[Paul Clapham]

It isn't possible for the size of an array list to be unknown. There's a method which tells you its size... you could look it up in the API documentation.

[Ishan Pandya]

Use the size() of List which will return the ArrayList's size.. and then iterate through that number which you get.
or Else you an Enhance For loop..

for(String s : arrayListOfString )
{
...
}

HIH

[Naveen Bachu]

Ishan Pandya is correct, either you can use normal for loop or foreach to iterate all the elements of the arraylist.

Here is the example for your reference How to Use ( Java ) For Loop with ArrayList