Java ArrayList add(int index, E element) example

Simple add() method is used for adding an element at the end of the list however there is another variant of add method which is used for adding an element to the specified index.

public void add(int index, Object element)

This method adds the element at the given index.

Example

   1: import java.util.ArrayList;

   2: public class AddMethodExample {

   3:    public static void main(String[] args) {

   4:        // ArrayList of String type

   5:        ArrayList<String> al = new ArrayList<String>();

   6:        // simple add() methods for adding elements at the end

   7:        al.add("Hi");

   8:        al.add("hello");

   9:        al.add("String");

  10:        al.add("Test");

  11:        //adding element to the 4th position

  12:        //4th position = 3 index as index starts with 0

  13:        al.add(3,"Howdy");

  14:  

  15:        System.out.println("Elements after adding string Howdy:"+ al);

  16:        //adding string to 1st position

  17:        al.add(0, "Bye");

  18:  

  19:        //Print

  20:        System.out.println("Elements after adding string bye:"+ al);

  21:    }

  22: }

Output:

Elements after adding string Howdy:[Hi, hello, String, Howdy, Test]
Elements after adding string bye:[Bye, Hi, hello, String, Howdy, Test]

转载于:https://www.cnblogs.com/hust-ghtao/p/4658375.html