Dynamically creating ArrayList inside a iterator

[satheesh krishnaswamy]

Hi,

My requirement is this:-

I need to create "n" number of ArrayLists inside for loop dynamically n is based on a field value, which will also change.

Something like this:-
In the first iteration

for(int i=0;i<20;i++)
{
ArrayList firstIteration = new ArrayList();
}

and in the second iteration it should be like this...

for(int i=0;i<20;i++)
{

ArrayList SecondIteration = new ArrayList();
}

Please let me know How do I do this?

Thanks in advance,

[Norm Radder]

Looks like you should use an array of ArrayLists. Create a new ArrayList and add it as the next element in the array at each iteration thru the for loop.

[Mark Vedder]

Or a collection, like a List. So you'd have a list of lists.

[Adinath Shirsath]

or you can use HashMap also
like

HashMap iterationmap = new HashMap();
for(int i=0;i<20;i++)
{

ArrayList iterationList = new ArrayList();
iterationmap.put("Iteration" + i , iterationList);
}



then you can get lists from map based on iteration no as key