Java: Add elements to arraylist with FOR loop where element name has increasing number

Question

I have an arraylist where I want to add elements via a for loop.

Answer answer1;
Answer answer2;
Answer answer3;

ArrayList answers = new Array         


        

Answer 1

If you simply need a list, you could use:

List<Answer> answers = Arrays.asList(answer1, answer2, answer3);

If you specifically require an ArrayList, you could use:

ArrayList<Answer> answers = new ArrayList(Arrays.asList(answer1, answer2, answer3));

Answer 2

You can't do it the way you're trying to... can you perhaps do something like this:

List<Answer> answers = new ArrayList<Answer>();
for(int i=0; i < 4; i++){
  Answer temp = new Answer();
  //do whatever initialization you need here
  answers.add(temp);
}