How to iterate ArrayList in Java

By Atul Rai | Last Updated: July 14, 2020 Previous       Next

This tutorial will explain how you can iterate an ArrayList in Java. Initially, we always use for loop to iterate any list but in this example, we will cover the six different ways to iterate any ArrayList.

1- Using forEach

We can use the stream API to iterate any ArrayList. forEach method added in Java 8, to use forEach you must need to install JDK 8 in your machine.

package org.websparrow;

import java.util.ArrayList;

public class forEachExample {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		ArrayList<String> cityList = new ArrayList<>();
		cityList.add("Varanasi");
		cityList.add("Delhi");
		cityList.add("Mumbai");
		cityList.add("Kolkata");
		cityList.add("Chennai");
		cityList.add("Bangloru");

		cityList.forEach((mylist) -> {
			System.out.println(mylist);
		});
	}
}

2- Using Iterator

hasNext() – Returns true if the iteration has more elements.

next() – Returns the next element in the iteration.

package org.websparrow;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Iterator;

public class IteratorExample {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		ArrayList<String> cityList = new ArrayList<>();
		cityList.add("Varanasi");
		cityList.add("Delhi");
		cityList.add("Mumbai");
		cityList.add("Kolkata");
		cityList.add("Chennai");
		cityList.add("Bangloru");

		Iterator<String> itr = cityList.iterator();
		while (itr.hasNext()) {
			System.out.println(itr.next());
		}
	}
}

3- Using ListIterator

ListIterator extends Iterator

package org.websparrow;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.ListIterator;

public class ListIteratorExample {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		ArrayList<String> cityList = new ArrayList<>();
		cityList.add("Varanasi");
		cityList.add("Delhi");
		cityList.add("Mumbai");
		cityList.add("Kolkata");
		cityList.add("Chennai");
		cityList.add("Bangloru");

		ListIterator<String> listIterator = cityList.listIterator();
		while (listIterator.hasNext()) {
			System.out.println(listIterator.next());
		}
	}
}

4- Using Enhanced For Loop

package org.websparrow;

import java.util.ArrayList;

public class EnhancedForLoopExample {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		ArrayList<String> cityList = new ArrayList<>();
		cityList.add("Varanasi");
		cityList.add("Delhi");
		cityList.add("Mumbai");
		cityList.add("Kolkata");
		cityList.add("Chennai");
		cityList.add("Bangloru");

		for (String str : cityList) {
			System.out.println(str);
		}
	}
}

5- Using For Loop

package org.websparrow;

import java.util.ArrayList;

public class ForLoopExample {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		ArrayList<String> cityList = new ArrayList<>();
		cityList.add("Varanasi");
		cityList.add("Delhi");
		cityList.add("Mumbai");
		cityList.add("Kolkata");
		cityList.add("Chennai");
		cityList.add("Bangloru");

		for (int i = 0; i < cityList.size(); i++) {
			System.out.println(cityList.get(i));
		}
	}
}

6- Using While Loop

package org.websparrow;

import java.util.ArrayList;

public class WhileLoopExample {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		ArrayList<String> cityList = new ArrayList<>();
		cityList.add("Varanasi");
		cityList.add("Delhi");
		cityList.add("Mumbai");
		cityList.add("Kolkata");
		cityList.add("Chennai");
		cityList.add("Bangloru");

		int ctr = 0;
		while (ctr < cityList.size()) {
			System.out.println(cityList.get(ctr));
			ctr++;
		}
	}
}

Output:

Varanasi
Delhi
Mumbai
Kolkata
Chennai
Bangloru