how to split list of strings into multiple list dynamically in java

Question

I want to split list of strings into multiple list based on input value dynamically using java program.

For eg. If Im having the below list of string

     List<String> messages = Arrays.asList("Hello", "World!", "How", "Are", "You");

I have to split the list of string into multiple lists with the condtion if i entered 2 as input value each splited list should contain 2 values in it.

Note: How many values the list should contain be based on input value

       outputshould be: 
       list1 contains-> Hello,world
       list2 contains -> How,Are
       list3 contains -> you

possible duplicate of [Java: how can I split an ArrayList in multiple small ArrayLists?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2895342/java-how-can-i-split-an-arraylist-in-multiple-small-arraylists) — Thilo, Aug 29 '12 at 07:13

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 29 '12 at 07:12

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The Guava library has Lists#partition.

Returns consecutive sublists of a list, each of the same size (the final list may be smaller). For example, partitioning a list containing [a, b, c, d, e] with a partition size of 3 yields [[a, b, c], [d, e]] -- an outer list containing two inner lists of three and two elements, all in the original order.

answered Aug 29 '12 at 07:12

Thilo

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@sujay. I have to store it and dispaly – Manu Aug 29 '12 at 07:20

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 29 '12 at 08:10

As another answer suggests List.subList() is the easiest way. I'd use Math.min to cover the last partition case.

int partitionSize = 2;
List<List<String>> partitions = new LinkedList<List<String>>();
for (int i = 0; i < messages.size(); i += partitionSize) {
    partitions.add(messages.subList(i,
            i + Math.min(partitionSize, messages.size() - i)));
}

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 29 '12 at 07:36

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You can use list.subList(from, to) and calculate from and to using passed value.

answered Aug 29 '12 at 07:36

Amit Deshpande

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 29 '12 at 08:30

As we know the fact that list is cutted on every second element you can something like this.

public class Testing {

List<String> messages = Arrays.asList("Hello", "World!", "How", "Are",
        "You");
List<List<String>> lists = new ArrayList<List<String>>();

public Testing() {
    for (int i = 0; i < messages.size(); i++) {
        lists.add(getPartOfList(i));
        i++;
    }
}

private List<String> getPartOfList(int index){
    List<String> tmp = new ArrayList<String>();
    int counter = 0;

    while(counter != 2){
        if(messages.size() > index)
            tmp.add(messages.get(index));
        index++;
        counter++;
    }

    System.out.println(tmp);
    return tmp;
}

public static void main(String[] args) {
    new Testing();
}
}

how to split list of strings into multiple list dynamically in java

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