ArrayList of String Arrays

Question

I would like to do something like this:

private ArrayList<String[]> addresses = new ArrayList<String[3]>();

This does not seem to work. Whats the easiest way of storing multiple addresses with 3 fields per address in an array without creating a separate class for it?

Attainder

Answer 1

Use a second ArrayList for the 3 strings, not a primitive array. Ie.
private List<List<String>> addresses = new ArrayList<List<String>>();

Then you can have:

ArrayList<String> singleAddress = new ArrayList<String>();
singleAddress.add("17 Fake Street");
singleAddress.add("Phoney town");
singleAddress.add("Makebelieveland");

addresses.add(singleAddress);

(I think some strange things can happen with type erasure here, but I don't think it should matter here)

If you're dead set on using a primitive array, only a minor change is required to get your example to work. As explained in other answers, the size of the array can not be included in the declaration. So changing:

private ArrayList<String[]> addresses = new ArrayList<String[3]>();

to

private ArrayList<String[]> addresses = new ArrayList<String[]>();

will work.

Drucie

Answer 2

List<String[]> addresses = new ArrayList<String[]>();
String[] addressesArr  = new String[3];

addressesArr[0] = "zero";
addressesArr[1] = "one";
addressesArr[2] = "two";

addresses.add(addressesArr);

Rhodie

Answer 3

I wouldn't use arrays. They're problematic for several reasons and you can't declare it in terms of a specific array size anyway. Try:

List<List<String>> addresses = new ArrayList<List<String>>();

But honestly for addresses, I'd create a class to model them.

If you were to use arrays it would be:

List<String[]> addresses = new ArrayList<String[]>();

ie you can't declare the size of the array.

Lastly, don't declare your types as concrete types in instances like this (ie for addresses). Use the interface as I've done above. This applies to member variables, return types and parameter types.

Vaudevillian

Answer 4

Simple and straight forward way to create ArrayList of String

    List<String> category = Arrays.asList("everton", "liverpool", "swansea", "chelsea");

Cheers

Libbey

Answer 5

You can't force the String arrays to have a specific size. You can do this:

private List<String[]> addresses = new ArrayList<String[]>();

but an array of any size can be added to this list.

However, as others have mentioned, the correct thing to do here is to create a separate class representing addresses. Then you would have something like:

private List<Address> addresses = new ArrayList<Address>();

Canonicals

Answer 6

private List<String[]> addresses = new ArrayList<String[]>();

this will work defenitely...

Barret

Answer 7

try this

ArrayList<ArrayList<String>> PriceModelList = new ArrayList<>();
    ArrayList<ArrayList<String>> PriceQtyList = new ArrayList<>();
    ArrayList<ArrayList<String>> PriceTotalList = new ArrayList<>();

    for (int i = 0; i < CustomerNames.length; i++) {
        PriceModelList.add(new ArrayList<String>());
        String[] PriceModel = {"s6", "s7", "note4", "note5", "j5", "j6"};
        for (int j = 0; j < PriceModel.length; j++) {
            PriceModelList.get(i).add(PriceModel[j]);
        }

        PriceQtyList.add(new ArrayList<String>());
        String[] PriceQut = {"12", "13", "21", "15", "43", "21"};
        for (int k = 0; k < PriceQut.length; k++) {
            PriceQtyList.get(i).add(PriceQut[k]);
        }

        PriceTotalList.add(new ArrayList<String>());
        String[] PriceTotal = {"1323", "1312321", "43123212", "43434", "12312", "43322"};
        for (int m = 0; m < PriceTotal.length; m++) {
            PriceTotalList.get(i).add(PriceTotal[m]);
        }
    }

    ArrayList<ArrayList<ArrayList<String>>> CustomersShoppingLists = new ArrayList<>();
    CustomersShoppingLists.add(PriceModelList);
    CustomersShoppingLists.add(PriceQtyList);
    CustomersShoppingLists.add(PriceTotalList);

Ferity

Answer 8

Following works in Java 8..

List<String[]> addresses = new ArrayList<>();

Slapbang

Answer 9

List<String[]> in java 8 is bound to give memory leaks. Since java 11 the String class has been improved to avoid this. It's advised to use List<List>.

The best way to solve this is to use

private List<List<String>> addresses = new ArrayList<List<String>>();

Cleanse