[java] How to create an 2D ArrayList in java?

I want to create a 2D array that each cell is an ArrayList!

I consider this defintions, but I can not add anything to them are these defintions true?!

ArrayList<ArrayList<String>> table = new ArrayList<ArrayList<String>>();

or

ArrayList[][] table = new ArrayList[10][10];

//table.add??????

Please help me

This question is related to java arraylist multidimensional-array

The answer is


The best way is to use a List within a List:

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

ArrayList<String>[][] list = new ArrayList[10][10];
list[0][0] = new ArrayList<>();
list[0][0].add("test");

1st of all, when you declare a variable in java, you should declare it using Interfaces even if you specify the implementation when instantiating it

ArrayList<ArrayList<String>> listOfLists = new ArrayList<ArrayList<String>>();

should be written

List<List<String>> listOfLists = new ArrayList<List<String>>(size); 

Then you will have to instantiate all columns of your 2d array

    for(int i = 0; i < size; i++)  {
        listOfLists.add(new ArrayList<String>());
    }

And you will use it like this :

listOfLists.get(0).add("foobar");

But if you really want to "create a 2D array that each cell is an ArrayList!"

Then you must go the dijkstra way.


This can be achieve by creating object of List data structure, as follows

List list = new ArrayList();

For more information refer this link

How to create a Multidimensional ArrayList in Java?


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