How to convert a String into an ArrayList?

Question

In my String, I can have an arbitrary number of words which are comma separated. I wanted each word added into an ArrayList. E.g.:

String s = \"a,b,c,d,e,...         


        

Answer 1

I recommend use the StringTokenizer, is very efficient

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

     StringTokenizer token = new StringTokenizer(value, LIST_SEPARATOR);
     while (token.hasMoreTokens()) {
           list.add(token.nextToken());
     }

Answer 2

In Java 9, using List#of, which is an Immutable List Static Factory Methods, become more simpler.

 String s = "a,b,c,d,e,.........";
 List<String> lst = List.of(s.split(","));

Answer 3

If you are importing or you have an array (of type string) in your code and you have to convert it into arraylist (offcourse string) then use of collections is better. like this:

String array1[] = getIntent().getExtras().getStringArray("key1"); or String array1[] = ... then

List allEds = new ArrayList(); Collections.addAll(allEds, array1);

Answer 4

Easier to understand is like this:

String s = "a,b,c,d,e";
String[] sArr = s.split(",");
List<String> sList = Arrays.asList(sArr);

Answer 5

Try something like

List<String> myList = new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList(s.split(",")));

• Arrays.asList documentation
• String.split documentation
• ArrayList(Collection) constructor documentation

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Demo:

String s = "lorem,ipsum,dolor,sit,amet";

List<String> myList = new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList(s.split(",")));

System.out.println(myList);  // prints [lorem, ipsum, dolor, sit, amet]

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Answer 6

This is using Gson in Kotlin

 val listString = "[uno,dos,tres,cuatro,cinco]"
 val gson = Gson()
 val lista = gson.fromJson(listString , Array<String>::class.java).toList()
 Log.e("GSON", lista[0])